School: Béal Átha an Dá Chab
- Location:
- Ballydehob, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Risteárd Ó Lighin
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- Forty sheep went in gap, forty more went after that, six and seven, twice eleven, two and three how much is that. Five.
As round as a marble as deep as a cup, and all the king's army couldn't take it up. A well.
What is all patches and no stitches? A head of cabbage.
Long legs, crooked thighs, small head and no eyes. A tongs.
How many feet has forty sheep, a shepherd and his dog? Two feet
The man that made it never wore it, the man that wore it never saw it. A coffin.
What goes up in the air, and comes down, wears shoes, and has none? A football.
As black as ink, as white milk, and hops down on the road like hailstone? A magpie.
As I went up a slippery gap I met a man, I cut off his head and drank his blood, and left his body standing. A bottle of whisky.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Michael O' Brien
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Skeaghanore East, Co. Cork