School: Gleann
- Location:
- An Gleann, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: (ní thugtar ainm)
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- (continued from previous page)Ans. A ride in a boat
As I went up a steeple, I met three Christian people, they were not men, women or children, but they were three Christian people.
Ans. A man, woman and child.
I was sent to the wood for "brosna". I was told not to bring a straight stick nor a crooked stick but not to come home without "brosna".
Ans. "Brosna" was a dog.
There is a thing in the garden and it would hold hundreds and hundreds and it would not hold me or my clothes.
Ans. A bee hive.
How is a river compared with a watch?
Ans. Because it doesn't run long without winding.
Around the house and around the house and it walks on its head
Ans. A nail in a man's shoe.
Little thing little thing less than a mouse and it has more windows than the king's house
Ans. A thimble
Two young ladies dressed in white, one got fever and died last night(continues on next page)
