School: Baile Chíorbhaic, Domhnach Mór (roll number 1691)
- Location:
- Ballykerwick, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cathasaigh
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“As round as a marble, as flat as a pan, the whole of a woman the half of a man.”
R. As round as a marble, as flat as a pan, the whole of a woman the half of a man.
A. A penny.
R. As I was going up to St Ives I met three men and their wives. Each man had a cat and each cat had kitten how many were going to St. Ives.
A. One.
R. What goes with the train it is no use to it but still it cannot go without it.
A. Its Noise.
R. What is bigger the more you take from it.
A. A hole.
R. What goes up when the rain comes down.
A. An umbrella.
R. A flock of white sheep on a red hill here they go there they go but now they stand still.
A. Teeth in your gums.
R. Riddle me Riddle me that over the head and under the hat.
A. The hair of your head.
R. As long as my arm as deep as a pail it never balls out until Its caught by the tail.
A. A Church bell.
R. Behind the house there is a well and in the well there is a cup and in the cup there is a sup that every man must taste.(continues on next page)