School: Dromach, An Bhán-tír (roll number 15380)
- Location:
- Dromagh, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Conchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0359, Page 447
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- What part of a cow goes over the ditch first.
Her breath.
Four little bottles on the top of a hill, they all tumbled down and never did spill?
Cow's paps.
As I went out a slippery gap, I met my aunty Mary I cut off her head and left her body easy?
A head of cabbage.
Under water and over water and never touches water.
A woman carrying a bucket of water over a bridge.
Why does a cow look over a ditch?Because she could not look under it.
As I went out a slippery gap I met my Aunty Mary she had iron toes and silver ows and upon my word she would frighten the crows?
A gun.
It went up the stairs black and came down red?
A paper.
Under fire and over fire and never touches the fire?
A cake(continues on next page)
