School: Uillineach (roll number 6584)
- Location:
- An Uilleannach, Co. Mhuineacháin
- Teacher: Sibéal Pollock
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0941, Page 145
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- (continued from previous page)a woman and the other a man.
A a penny.
6. Q Hoddy, doddy with a round black body, and a big flat hat, what is that?
A A pot
7. Q What's full and holds more?
A A pot of potatoes
8. Q What goes round the wood and can not get into it?
A The bark of tree.
9. Q A wee. wee, house, it would not hold a mouse it has so many window's as the king's house
A. A thimble
10. Q Wee Jennie Huddle, sat in a puddle the longer she sits she grows.
A a candle
11. Q A long round body and sharp nose the longer he lives the shorter he grows.
A A pencil.(continues on next page)
