School: Rear Cross, Newport (roll number 12124)
- Location:
- Rear Cross, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Pilib Ó Muireadhaigh
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- (continued from previous page)13. What goes around the house and stops at the door?
A brush.
14. Walking all day until their heads down.
The nails of your boots.
15. Ink and under a bank, ten drawing four.
A woman milking a cow.
16. I have a little red cow, she lies by the wall, she
- A pipe.
6. 'Tis round like a marble and flat like a pan, the shape of a woman the shape of a man. A penny.
7. Why does a cow look over a ditch?
Because she could not look under it.
8. 'Tis round and 'tis hairy and fit for a lady. A gooseberry.
9. I went for three day's holidays. I went on Sunday and came home on Sunday, how did I manage it?
Sunday was the name of my horse.
10. 'Tis red and 'tis white and 'tis parable green and the king cannot come at it no more than the queen. A rainbow.
11. Hairy in and hairy out and hairy into hairy's mouth. A woman putting on her stocking.
12. Why does a hen pick the pot?
Because she could not lick it.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Daniel Carey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rear Cross, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Patrick O' Toole
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baurnadomeeny, Co. Tipperary
