School: Cnoc an Chláraigh, Séipéal na Carraige (roll number 14002)
- Location:
- Knockaclarig, Co. Cork
- Teacher: David Ó Ceallacháin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0356, Page 419
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- (continued from previous page)What would you fill a ben with to make it lighter.
Answer - Holes15 Long legs small head crooked thighs and no eyes
Answer - A Tongs16 Tis black Tis white and it hops on the road like hailstone.
Answer - A magpie
17 As I went up Mickey's burrow I saw a thing lying in the furrow It had neighter life body nor bones and after it had five fingers.
Answer - Glove
18 Tis cut Tis put on the table and tis never eaten
Answer - A deck of cards
19 One leg upon two legh Two legs upon three legs In came four legs and snapped off one leg up stood two legs and threw three legs after four legs to bring back one leg
Answer - A woman sitting on Three legged stool with a leg of mutton in her(continues on next page)
