School: Lios Béalad, Dún Mánmhaí (roll number 11715)
- Location:
- Lisbealad, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Conchobhar Ó Héigcearrtaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0303, Page 252
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- (continued from previous page)it shuts like a trap and you may think of many things before you think of that : - An umbrella. Three Black pigs and one white pig were in a sty. The three black pigs ate the white pig what was the number of that sty : - 3,8,1 The King of England gave the queen of Spain a bottomless tub to hold raw meat : - A ring. A great western school-master went over a bridge. He met a great western scholar. He rose his cane and drew or [h?] a blow what was the scholars name : - Andrew. Black as ink and white as snow and hops on the ground like hailstone : - A magpie
- What is it that anyone doesn't like to have but when they have it they dont like to lose it : - A bald head. Round the world and round the world and everyone must take it : - Death. What is it that the more you cut it the bigger it grows : - A hole. What is it that (the more you cut it the) always walks with its head on the ground : - A nail in a boot. What word in the English language has the most letters : - Postoffice.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Powell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilronane West, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Timothy Powell
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilronane West, Co. Cork
