School: Gort Sceithe (roll number 13062)
- Location:
- Gortskehy, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Cléirigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0105, Page 184
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- 1. What can run although it has no feet
And when it halts it spreads out like a sheet?
(Water)
2. It opens like a barn door, shuts like a trap
You would be guessing for ever before you'd guess that.
(An umbrella)
3. The more you take out of it the bigger it gets
(A hole in the ground)
4. A hard-working mother, a lazy father and 12 little children like one another
(A Clock)
5. A long legged father, a big-bellied mother
And 3 little children all the same colour
(A tongs and pot)
6. What time is it when the cross bull is coming near you?
(It is time to run)
7. What makes more noise at a gate than a pig?
(Two pigs)
8. Why are plums like race horses?
(The faster you lick them, the faster they go)
9. The queen of morocco sent to queen Ann for a bottomless vessel that holds flesh and blood
(A ring)
10. Why does a hen cross the road?
(To get to the other side)
11. What is deeper than the sea?
(A tailor's thimble)(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Tomás Ó Cléirigh
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
- Address
- Annefield, Co. Mayo
