School: Baile Uí Argáin, Cill Moicheallóg (roll number 7237)

Location:
Baile Uí Argáin, Co. Luimnigh
Teacher:
A. Ó Hódhráin
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  1. I am as quick as a bird, I cross the sea without a boat, I climb mountains without a ladder, I enter a house without knocking, I eat with a king? A fly
    It is not cat, but it wears hair, It is no mirror but it reflects. It rains at any moment, but it is not a cloud? An eye.
    Why does the cock close his eyes when he crows? He knows his song by heart.
    He hangs on my wall, but he is no saint. He has two horns, bu is not an ox. He paints with dye, but he is not a painter. He carries a house but he cannot build? A snail.
    What walks on their heads? The nails of your boots.
    London, Derry, Cork and Kerry spell me that without a K.
    That.
    When is a queen like a piece of wood? When she is a ruler.
    What is that grows the more you take from it? A grave.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
        1. tomhaiseanna (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs M. Treacy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    40
    Address
    Cúil an Bheithe, Co. Luimnigh