School: The Vale (An Gleann)
- Location:
- Leiter, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Ó Brolcháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1010, Page 392
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- 1. As round as an apple
As deep as a cup
And all the men in Derry
Couldn't lift it up.
Ans. A Well.2. A hard working mother, a lazy father and twelve children.
Ans. A Clock.3. What dies and gets alive again?
Ans. A Pipe.4. Blackey and whitey went over the hill,
Blackey came back and whitey stood still.
Ans. A hen laying an egg.5. How many baskets of stones would it take to fill a fort?
Ans. One if it was big enough.6. If it takes three and a half yards of cloth to make a pair of trousers and a waistcoat what will it take to make a coat.
Ans. A Tailor.(continues on next page)
