School: Lios Béalad, Dún Mánmhaí (roll number 11715)
- Location:
- Lios Béalaid, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Conchobhar Ó Héigcearrtaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0303, Page 250
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- (continued from previous page)foot :- A carpet. What is it that is full of holes yet holds water :- A sponge. Eight arms; but ho hand; a wooden leg; but cannot stand; is often wet, but cannot feel, has no boots but is shod with steel, a dress of silk with at belt around the middle :- An umbrella. What is the greatest stand ever made for civilisation :- Inkstand. What is the most modest piece of furniture in a house :- The clock. Why is a mouse like grass :- The cat will eat it. My first I hope you are; my second I see you are; my whole I know you are, what is it ;- Welcome. All round the house all round the house, and stops at the halldoor :- A brush.
- Under the fire and over the fire never touches the fire : - A cake in a bastible. What is full and holds more : - A pot of potatoes. What goes rounds the wood and round the wood and never enters the wood : - A bark of a tree. As round as a marble as deep as a cup and all the water in Europe could not fill it : - A strainer. Little thing(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peggy Dullea
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Cheapach, Co. Chorcaí
- Informant
- John Bryan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Cheapach, Co. Chorcaí
