School: Mághthobair (Mohober), Dúrlas Éile (roll number 7048)
- Location:
- Maigh Thobair, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: Máirtín Ó Mathghamhna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0562, Page 041
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- (continued from previous page)The wheels of a motor car.
When would you expect to find a ship clean?
When it leaves the wash.
- All patches but no stitches?
A head of Cabbage.
What flies without wings?
Dust.
What bird would we die without?
The swallow.
If I was in sun and u out of it what would it be?
Sin.
Sixteen legs but cannot walk?
Eight trousers.
It has a mouth but cannot eat,
It has eyes but cannot see,
It has a sole that will never go to heaven?
A Boot.
Humpty, Dumpty, sat on a wall,
Humpty, Dumpty, got a great fall,
All the kings' horses and all the kings' men couldn't put Humpty Dumpty together again?
An egg.
What flowers grow between a lady's nose and chin?
Two-lips. - Collector
- Mary Doheny
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ros na hAirle, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Informant
- Mr Doheny
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ros na hAirle, Co. Thiobraid Árann
