School: Anabla
- Location:
- Anablaha, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Seán Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0454, Page 006
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- What walks with its head down? A nail in the sole of a boot.
What smells most in a chemists shop? The [?]
What is it that never was, nor never will be. [?] at your fingers and you will plainly see? [?] small finger. It never was, nor never will be as [?] as the other fingers.
Spell "rogue" in three letters? Fox.
Spell black water in three letters? Ink.
Long legs crooked thighs small head and no [?]
'Tis as black as ink as white as milk [?] it [?] on the road like hail stone? A magpie.
I have a little house and a mouse cannot [?] it and all the men in town cannot count [?] the windows in it? a thimble.
What kind of a face should an auctioneer [?] a forbidding face.
What is put on the table, cut and never eaten? a pack of cards.
It is under fire, over the fire and never touches the fire? A cake baking in an oven.
It is under water over water and never touches the water? A woman crossing a bridge over stream of water with a pail of water on her head.
What has three feet and cannot walk? A yard measure.(continues on next page)
