School: Borris (B.)
- Location:
- Borris, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Loinneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0904, Page 341
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- (continued from previous page)Question. As round as an apple, as plump as a ball can climb the church, over steeple and all.
Answer. The Sun.
Question. What is it that goes away between two woods and comes home between two waters?
Answer. A man fetching water with pails.
Question. Niddy - noddy, round body, three feet and a wooden hat?
Answer. A pot.
Question. Whats full and holds more?
Answer. A pot full of potatoes when you pour in the water.
Question. Headed like a timble, tailed like a rat you may guess for ever but you cant guess that?
Answer. A pipe.
Question. What goes round the wood and round the wood and never gets in to the wood?
Answer. The bark of a tree.
Question. One half dead; the other half living and a tail wagging?
Answer. A dog with its head in a pot.
- Collector
- Jim Joyce
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Borris, Co. Carlow
