School: Dangan (roll number 7352)
- Location:
- Dangan (King), Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Thomas O' Flynn
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0254, Page 289
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- Long legs short thighs little head and no eyes.
Ans : Tongs.
Little Genny, white skin, she has a long nose, the longer she lives the shorter she grows.
Ans: A lighted candle.
What is it that has feet and no legs?
Ans: Ruler.
Under the fire and over the fire and never touches the fire?
Ans: A cake in an oven.
As round as an apple as flat as a pan one side a woman and the other a man.
Ans: A Penny.
What runs from Dublin to Sligo and does not stir?
Ans: The Railway.
As round as an apple as deep as a cup all the men in Derry would not lift it up?
Ans: Well.
Why does a cow look over a ditch?
Ans: Because she cant look under it.
What is deeper than hell?
Ans: A tailors timble.
What is the worst weather for rats and mice?(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Charles Cooney
- Gender
- Male
