School: Carrigeencor (roll number 10826)
- Location:
- Carrigeencor, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Mrs Annie Gillmor
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0200, Page 015
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- (continued from previous page)130. I have a little cow, She must be kept warm. I milk her through the day. She has only one horn. (teapot)
131. What comes in on the backs of people, and goes out like dust? Creeds of turf).
132. There's a green table. Down in you meadow. It isn't oak, ash, or yew, or any other kind of timber ever grew. (Ice on a bog hole)
133. what has a head, but no face? a match.
134. A steel bar going through a bone bridge, and a brass man driving it (brass man = Thimble driving needle through a button)
135. What's a horse shoe like? A mares
136. Two lovely maidens dressed in white, got the fever, and died last night. (two candles which were burning wore out)
137. Why is a bad pen like an angry cat? (Because it scratches)
138. What never was, and never will be, look at your hand, and that you'll see? (your 4 fingers the one length)
139. What parts, and never gives way? (comb parts your hair)
140. What does liars do after death? (lie still)
141. What's yours and everyone uses it more than yourself? (your name)
- Collector
- Mrs Annie Gillmor
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
