School: Cormeen (roll number 6821)
- Location:
- Cormeen, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Anna Leary
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- 1. Wee Jinney Huddle she sits in a puddle
And the longer she sits the shorter she grows
Ans A candle.
2. Out of the eater came forth meat
Out of the strong came forth sweetness.
Ans Sampson killed a lion and a swarm of bees made honey in the carcase.
3. What man broke the commandments all at once?
Ans Moses, for when he was coming down from the Mount he let the tablets fall that he wrote them on.
4. I have a wee sister they call her Peweep
She would wade the mountains if they were ever so deep
She would climb the mountains if they were ever so high
And poor little creature has only one eye.
Ans The moon.
5. Where was Moses when the candle went out?
Ans In the dark.
6. Why is corn and potatoes compared to certain sinners of old?
Ans Because ears have they and hear not. Eyes(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Ellie Leary
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lisnalee, Co. Monaghan
