School: Baile an Tobair, Baile an Londraigh (roll number 10314)
- Location:
- Ballintober, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Tuama
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- (continued from previous page)36. I have a little Kerry cow,
She milks as much as any cow,
She is always in the corner.
(Ans) A Kettle.37. I have a little Kerry cow by the side of the wall,
She eats all she gets and drinks none at all.
(Ans.) A Fire.38. Whats the last thing you take off going to bed.
(Ans.) Your legs off the floor.39. Thirty white cows standing by a wall
Up comes a red one and licks them all?
(Ans.) Your tongue.40. Tis in tis out tis like a trout,
It's slippery wet and greasy.
(Ans.) Your Tongue.41. What goes round the house and always stops in the corner?
(Ans.) A brush.42. It went to America and stopped there,
Came home because it didn't go there.
(Ans) A watch.43. As round as an apple,
As plump as a ball,
Can climb the church over steeple and all.
(Ans.) The Sun.44. As I went out a slippery gap,
I met a thing rolled up in a sop,(continues on next page)
