School: Cor na Péiste
- Location:
- Corr na Péiste, Co. Mhuineacháin
- Teacher: M. Ní Théinfhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0947, Page 217
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- (continued from previous page)1. Rickety-Rockety clothed in green. The King could not ride it or neither could the Queen. They sent for the wise man who lived in the East. He swore it had horns but it was not a beast.
(A holly-tree).2. Why are the clouds like a coachman?
(The clouds hold rain - the coachman holds reins.)3. Why does a beggarman wear a short coat?
(Because it may be long enough before he gets another.)4. Granny in the corner drinking. Johnny in her cap winking?
(A lamp.)5. A half-penny wet and a half-penny dry;
four pence half-penny and a half-penny dry,
A half-penny behind and a half-penny before;
four pence half-penny and a half-penny more?
(A shilling).7. Why is a school-teacher compared to a clock?
(Because he warns before he strikes.)8. If a man falls off a house what will he fall against?
(His will)9. There was a man of Adam's race. He had a certain dwelling-place. It was neither earth, heaven, hell, or any other place for a man to dwell in?
(Jonas - in the whale).(continues on next page)
