School: Druim an Easbuig
- Location:
- Drumanespick, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Á. Ní Dhálaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1010, Page 179
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- (continued from previous page)15. What is full of holes and carries water?
- The crane.
16. What is full and holds more?
- A pot of potatoes
17. A house ful and you could not lift a spoonful.
- Smoke.
18. What goes over the waterand under the water and never touches it?
- An egg in a duck.
19. Lazy mother, hard working father and twelve sons like other
- The Clock
20. Humpty dumpty sat on the wall,
Humpty dumpty got a great fall,
And all the men in Derry could not put Humpty dumpty together again
- An egg.
21. As I went out yon guttery gap.
I met my uncle David. I sucked his blood and left him down easy.
- A bottle of whiskey
22. What is that, that walks with four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening?
- Myself(continues on next page)
