School: Carron / Carthan (roll number 7573)
- Location:
- An Carn, Co. an Chláir
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Muirthille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0616B, Page 04_024
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- Q What part of the cow goes in the door first.
A Her breath
Q Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat you can guess for ever and you would not guess that.
A. A pipe.
Q As round as an apple, as plump as a ball, can climb the church over steeple and all.
A The sun.
Q Patch upon patch without any stitches. Riddle me that and I will buy you a britches. A A head of cabbage.
If all the towns of Ireland were drowned what one would be saved.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Seán Ó Lochlainn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Caisleán Boirne, Co. an Chláir
