School: Baile an Oileáin (B.) (roll number 2808)
- Location:
- Ballinillane, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Eoghan Ua Muircheartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0460, Page 521
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- (continued from previous page)up in Castlegorman. It takes a bite as big as a horse and never swallows it after - a scythe.
33. Long legs, crooked thighs, small head and no eyes - a tongs.
34. What is all patches and no stitches - a head of cabbage.
35. What is it that the King can't get no more than the Queen? - a rainbow.
36. Under water and over water and never touches the water - a woman walking over a bridge with a bucket of water on her head.
37. What is the difference between a teacher and an engine driver? - one trains the mind and the other minds the train.
38. What draws without pulling - tea.
39. Spell broken-down-ditch in three letters - gap.
40. What is it that no man can do? - to make a hill without a hollow.
41. A little red cow tied to a ditch and if you went near her she would give you the itch - a nettle.
42. Black and white and red all over - a newspaper.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Willie O' Leary
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyhar, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Michael O' Leary
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 58
- Address
- Ballyhar, Co. Kerry
