School: Caisleán Ó gConaing (B.) (roll number 9685)
- Location:
- Caisleán Uí Chonaill, Co. Luimnigh
- Teacher: Donncha Ó Huallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0523, Page 217
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- Q. under the water and over the water and never tips the water
A. a woman going over a bridge with a pale of water on her head
Q. little Nancy Etticoat with a white petticoat a red nose the longer she lives the shorter she grows
A. a candle
Q. the king of Sicily sent to his daughter a bottomless vessel to hold her flesh in
A. a ring
Q. goes around the world on the heads
A. the nails in your boots
Q. as I went over Westminster bridge I met a west minster scholar he took off his cap and drew off his glove, I told you the name of the scholar
A. Andrew
Q. up chip chop cherry down chip chop cherry and all the men in derry would not climb chip chop cherry
A. smoke
- Informant
- Kevin Coonerty
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Woodlands, Co. Luimnigh
