School: An Páirtín
- Location:
- An Pairtín, Co. an Chláir
- Teacher: Ciarán Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0599, Page 447
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- Q; Why does a hen cross the road
A. To get to the other side
Q: Why does a duck swim over the water
A: Because he can't swim under it
Q: Riddle riddle see such a riddle couldn't be, through a reel through a rock, through an old spinning wheel, through an old cows leather, through a little back of pepper, through a horses shin bone
A: A mill
Q:There is a little man he stands in a field if you take him by the hand, his nose will bleed.
A: A pump
Q: As round a marvel as flat as a pan, the half of a woman and the whole of a man
A: A penny
Q: Long legs small head, no eyes if you touch him in the corner he makes it a terrible noise.
A: A tongs
Q: It grew in the wood with leaves on it, it grazed in the fields with hair(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Tilda O' Brien
- Gender
- Female
