School: Tattenclave
- Location:
- Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: B. Ní Chróinín
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- (continued from previous page)You may guess forever but you'll never guess me that(A pipe)
25 Made long ago and yet made today(Bed)
26 Old mother Twitchet had but one eye,
And a long tail which she let fly
And every time she went over a gap,
She left a bit of her tail in a trap(Needle and thread)
27 What's neither in the house nor out of the house?(A window)
28 I have a wee woman: she is the devil for ducks: I brought her to the river and she rattled out her guts(Gun)
- 29 Little Red Nanny by the wall, eats all she gets but drinks none at all(Fire)
30 What is the biggest bridge in the world(Rainbow)
31 I bite and every bite I follow and never a bite I ever swallow(Scissors)
32 What goes with the train and is no use to the train and still it cannot go without it(The noise)
32 Granny in the corner drinking and Johnny in her lap winking(A lamp) - Collector
- Packie Mc Carvill
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Drumhillagh, Co. Monaghan
- One night as I was going to fair in eyes I met a man with seven wives: Each wife(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peter Smyth
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Liscumasky, Co. Monaghan
