School: Dromlachan
- Location:
- An Sonnach Mór, Co. Liatroma
- Teacher: Peadar Mac Giolla Choinnigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0221, Page 506
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- (continued from previous page)39) As I went up my steppy stairs and looked through my gold ring,
I saw the dead carrying the living.
Ans. A ship carrying people.
40) What is it that stands at one end of the wood and eats out of another.
Ans. A sow eating out of a trough
41) As I was going to the fair of St. Ives,
I met seven tinkers and their wifes
Each tinker had a cat, and each cat had a kitten
Kittens, cats, men and wives, how many were going to the fair of St. Ives.
Ans. One
42)As round as an apple, as plump as a ball, It would climb the church tower steeple and all.
Ans The Sun.
43) What goes round the house and round the house, and makes one track.
Ans. A Wheelbarrow.
44) What is it the poor man throws away and the rich man puts in his pocket.
Ans. A Snat
45) Riddle Riddle me súteen [?]
How many praties go to Crútheén.
Ans. As many as there's butter for.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- P. Mac Giolla Choinnigh
- Gender
- Male
