School: Rockwood, Béal Átha an Dá Chab
- Location:
- Derreennaclogh, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Eibhlín Ní Chorcora
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0288, Page 259
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- (continued from previous page)Two.
Two dead men fighting, two blind men looking on, two cripples running for the priest and two dumbies saying hurry on.
A lie
A man without eyes went into an orchard. He saw apples hanging on a tree. He took off no apples and he left on no apples. How many apples were on the tree
Two.
Little Sally Sage sitting in her cage, all her children dying and herself hale and hearty
A tree
In through the wall and out through the wall and never touches the wall
A voice
Spell the biggest rogue in the world in three letters
A Fox.
Spell the biggest hole in the ditch in three letters
gap
When is a man over head and ears in debt
When he has a hat on his head without being paid for.(continues on next page)
