School: Lismire, Áth Treasa
- Location:
- Lismire, Co. Cork
- Teacher: John Hishon
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0352, Page 038
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- I had a little house and a mouse could not live in it, and all the men in town could not count how many windows were in it. (A thimble)
As round as a marble as deep as a cup and all the king's army could not take it up. (A well)
Long legs, crooked thighs, little head, and no eyes (A tongs)
As I was walking through a field of wheat I met a thing that you could eat. It was neither fish, flesh nor raw bone; it stayed there until it walked home (An egg)
Ding, dong, under a bank, ten drawing four. (A woman milking a cow)
As black as ink, as white as milk, it hops on the road like hailstones? (A magpie).
What is as crooked as a river? (The bank).(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Micheal O Ceallacháin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bawnmore North, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Denis Kearney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bawnmore North, Co. Cork
