School: Ballyhaise (2)
- Location:
- Béal Átha hÉis, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhaolagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0973, Page 124
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- (continued from previous page)What goes away between two woods, and comes home between to waters.?
"A man fetching water in pails".What goes away above the ground, and returns under it?
"A man with sods on his head".Niddy noddy round body, three feet and a wooden hat.?
"A pot".One half dead; the other living and a tail waging?
"A dog with its head in a pot".Headed like a thimble,
Tailed like a rat,
You may guess for ever
But you could'not guess that>
"A pipe"What goes through the water ging, ginc,
"The chains of a boat."(continues on next page)
