School: Cnoc, Abbeyleix (roll number 2324)
- Location:
- Knockardagur, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Seán Ó Huallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0831, Page 159
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- "Black I am and much admired,
And many a man and horse I tired,
Gold and silver for me was paid,
And its on the ash-heap I am laid."?
Answer - Coal."I have an old sow behind the house the more she eats the more she grows."?
Answer - A river."Black I am and white and red all over"?
Answer - A newspaper."My big father behind the press and one thousand coats on him."?
Answer - A head of cabbage."Out of a roomful you cannot get a spoonful"?
Answer - Smoke."How many calves tails would it take to reach the sky"?
Answer - One if it were long enough."I know a thing its black and white and it hops on the ground like hailstones"?
Answer - A magpie."What walks on their heads all day and sleeps on their heads all night."?
Answer - The nails in your boots.Patches and patches without any stitches riddle me that and I'll give you(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Brennan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knockardagur, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Mr M. Brennan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knockardagur, Co. Laois
