School: Cinn Mhara (B)
- Location:
- Kinvarra, Co. Galway
- Teacher: S.P. Ó Maoldúin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0049, Page 0007
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- 1. Middy noddy round body three feet and a wood hat.
A pot.
2. As round as an apple, as plump as a ball can climb the church over steeple and all.
The sun.
3. Kathleen, shep, and the bull-dog which is the bitch.
Which.
4. Patch upon patch without any stitches riddle me that and I will buy you a pair of britches
A cabbage
5. What turns without moveing
Milk
6. When was milk the highest
When the cow jumped over the moon
7. What is in the drain and no good to it
Noise
8. Why does a chimney smoke.
Because it cannot chew
9. As round as the rainbow teeth like a cat if you were guessing for ever you would never guess that.
A brier
10. What has three feet and cannot walk
A yard(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máirtín Ó Caomhanach
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Mountscribe or Moneyscreebagh, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Máirtín Ó Caomhanach
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Mountscribe or Moneyscreebagh, Co. Galway
