School: Ceathrú na Laithighe (Brownsgrove) (roll number 12138)
- Location:
- Brownsgrove, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Pádhraic Ó hAnnracháin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0040, Page 0414
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- I'm very small, I'm very tall, In various forms I'm seen. I'm like a man, I'm like a fan, Or maypole on the green. I follow you, you follow
me, But still we keep together, Though seldom you my form can see, In wet or gloomy weather.
Answer: Shadow
As round as an apple, as deep as a cup and all the king's horses wouldn't pull it up.
Ans: A well
Two lovely maidens dressed in white got the fever and died last night.
Ans: Two candles which were burning wore out.
A steel bar going through a bone bridge and a brass man driving it.
Ans: A thimble driving a needle through a button.
Why does a cow look over a ditch?
Ans: Because she can't look under it.
What flies with four wings?
Ans: Two birds.
What is it the older it gets the smaller it grows?
Ans: A candle.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Mc Gagh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Beagh (Browne), Co. Galway
