School: Rear Cross, Newport (roll number 12124)
- Location:
- Rear Cross, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Pilib Ó Muireadhaigh
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- 50 As round as an apple, as plump as a ball, it climbs one church over steeple and all.
The sun.
51 As round a as marble, as deep as a cup, and all the men in Derry could not pull it up.
A well.
52 What is full and holds more?
A pot full of potatoes when you would pour water in to it.
53 Niddy Noddy round body, three feet and a wooden hat.
A pot
54 I washed my face in water that never rained or ran. I wiped my face in a towel that was neither wove or spun.
I washed my face in the dew and dried it in the sun.
- Collector
- Kitty Benton
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Coonmore, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Daniel Benton
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coonmore, Co. Tipperary
- 55 A little white man with a red nose , the longer he lives the shorter he grows.
A candle.
56 What do you see people drink soup with ?
With my eyes.
57 What is half the moon like ?
The other half.
58 It's black and white and read all over
A newspaper
59 Why do we carry an umbrella?
Because it cannot walk.
60 What is the shiest thing in the world?
A clock because it always has its hands to its face
61 Too short, cut a bit off and it's long enough.(continues on next page)
