School: Tobar Rua (roll number 15427)
- Location:
- Toberroe East, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Mhuireagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0016, Page 217
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- Q. Little red Nancy with a little red nose the longer she lives the quicker she goes? Ans: A lighted candle.
Q. Under the fire and over the fire and not (in) touching the fire atall? A cake in an oven.
Q. Blackie and Whitie went up the hill, Blackie came down but Whitie stood still? A hen laying an egg.
Q. Auntie Katie stood at the gate flittering, flattering like a hen all her children died of age but she is still alive. An apple tree.
Q. It opens like a barn door it closes like a trap many a think you thingk of before you think of that? An umberella.
Q. Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall, Humpty Dumpty got a great fall, all the king's horses and all the king's men wouldn't put Humpty D. together again. An Egg.
Q Black and white and red (read) all over?
A newspaper.
Q. As I walked across the garden I met my Uncle Tady I cut off his head (easy) and left body easy.
A head of cabbage.
Q As I walked out a dirty gap I met my uncle Tady with pins and needles in his back and he off to Tipperary?
A hedge-hog.(continues on next page)
