School: Listellick, Tráighlí
- Location:
- Listellick North, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Domhnall Ó Súilleabháin
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- (continued from previous page)What leaves the house between two woods but comes back home between two waters?
A man fetching water in two pails (?)In a field there is a house, and in that house there is a press and in that press tehre is a cup and in that cup there is a sup that every man must take?
DeathWhat is that which is full in the day and empty at night?
A shoeWhat is that which you have and I haven't, but still which I make more use of than you do?
Your nameWhat goes into the water red and comes out black?
A burning (red) coalWhitie and Blackie went up the hill Blackie comes down but Whitie stays still.
A henn laying an eggHeaded like a thimble, tailed like a rat, you may guess for ever but you couldn't guess that?
A pipeOne half living and the other half dead and a tail wagging?
A dog with its head in a pot.A little cow tied to a wall she eats nothing but drinks all?
A l(?)What goes up when the rain comes down?
An umbrellaWhen it is shut it is opened and when it is opened it is shut?
The Railway gates (level-crossing)A little house and a mouse could not live in it, all the men in Kerry could not count how many windows in it?
A Thimble(continues on next page)
