School: Kilmessan (C.) (roll number 4211)
- Location:
- Cill Mheasáin, Co. na Mí
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Stín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0690, Page 112
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- (continued from previous page)house. A thimble.
11. It opens like a barn door and shuts like a trap? An umbrella.
12. Why does the cock pick the potstick?
Because he cannot lick it
13. Under the water and over the water and never tips the water?
A man going across a river with a pail of water on his head.
14. Where was moses when the candle went out? In the dark.
15. A hard working man a lazy little woman and twelve black children?
A Clock
16. As I went out my Grandfathers gap I met my Uncle Davy I cut of his head and left him standing easy?
A head of cabbage.
17. As round as an apple as flat as a cup all the kings horse could not pull it up
The shadow of the moon in a well.
18. Spell the red rogue of the world in three letters? Fox
19. Why is the clock the shyest thing in the world?(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nora Farrell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Baile Uí Aonghais, Co. na Mí
