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.”
(continued from previous page)A. Death.
R. Why does a cock cross the road.
A. To get to the other side.
R. A red cap and a white apron.
A. A match.
R. I went to the wood and I found it. I sat down and I looked for it, If I found it I would leave it after me and if I did not I would bring it home with me.
A. A Thorn.
R. It is in the Boulster but not in the bed it is in the brain but not in the head it is in the Church but not in the people it is in the Priest But not in the People.
A. R.
R. Black and white and red all over.
A. A newspaper.
R. What walks on their heads.
A. The Nails of your boots.
R. A hard working father a Lazy old Mother and twelve sons all the same colour.
A. The face of the clock.
R. As I went through a field of wheat I picked up something that I could not eat it was neither flesh fish feather or bone and it had five fingers of its own.(continues on next page)