School: Ceann Locha (roll number 11749)
- Location:
- Kinlough, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Matilda Bolster
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0189, Page 363
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- Question ; Patch upon patch without any stitches, riddle me that and I will buy you a pair of brushes?
Answer - a cabbage.
Which side of an apple would you start to eat first?
The outside.
There was a little green house, and in the little green house, there was a little brown house, and in the little brown house, there was a little white house, and in the little white house, there was a little heart?
a walnut.
Little Nancy Etticoat in her white petticoat, the longer she stands the shorter she grows?
a candle.
Little thing, little thing, less than a needle, everyone has it and so has a needle?
an eye.
What town in Ireland, can you put in a bottle?(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Matilda Bolster
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Address
- Kinlough, Co. Leitrim
