School: Glenidan (roll number 12862)
- Location:
- Glenidan, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhaoldhia
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0722, Page 008
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- Patch upon patch & never needs a stitch.
A Head of Cabbage.
Hilaly Halaly has a red nose, the longer he lives the shorter he grows.
A Candle.
Round the house & round the house & drags a harrow after it.
A hen & clutch of chickens.
Under the fire & over the fire & never touches the fire.
A cake in an oven.
What has a mouth but no tongue ?
A river.
What has a tongue but no mouth ?
A Whip.
The cross of an ass, the kiel of a ship, put A in the middle and spell a town between Navan and Fore.
Crossakiel.
As I went out of a gap I met my uncle Barney, brass heels, copper toes and upon my word he would frighten the crows.
A man and a gun.
What is it that has never been seen, felt or heard never existed and still has a name.
Nothing.
- Collector
- Mary Coleman
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Coleman
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 82
- Address
- Raharney Little, Co. Westmeath
