School: Robertson (roll number 12276)
- Location:
- Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Liam Ó Morchadh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1084, Page 130
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- 1.
As round as an apple, as plump as a ball,
Can climb the church, over steeple and all?
The Sun.
2.
What is it that always with its head down?
A nail in your boot.
3.
What goes away between two Woods And comes home between two waters?
A man fetching water in pails
4.
What goes away above the ground, And returns under it?
A man with sods on his head
5.
Middy-noddy, round body, Three feet and a wooden hat.?
A pot.
6.
What's full and holds more.?
A pot full of potatoes when you pour water in.
7.
One half dead; the other half living, And a tail wagging.?
A dog with its head in a pot.
8. What goes round the wood, and round the wood, and never gets into the wood?
The bark of a tree.
9.
Headed like a thimble,
Tailed like a rat(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Anny Mc Monagle
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 11
- Address
- Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
- Collector
- Cella Mc Caffery
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 11
- Address
- Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
- Collector
- Mary Dobson
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Collector
- Rosline Crampsey
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 11
- Address
- Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
