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School: Lios Dubh (1) (roll number 14779)

Location:
Lisduff, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Philip Mc Guiness
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    As round as apple as flat as a pan one side a woman and the other a man.
    Ans: A penny
    Out of a roomful you could not take a spoonful.
    Ans: Smoke.
    Through the woods and through the woods and never touches the woods.
    Ans: A knife in a man's pocket.
    As I looked in on yonder window
    I saw a dreadful thing. I saw the dead covering the live and wasn't that a wonderful thing.
    Ans: A fire raked.
    I have a little cow and if you tied her to the wall she'd cut all the hay from this to Donegal.
    Ans: A fire
    Long legs short thighs little head and no eyes.
    Ans: A tongs.
    As I went up yonder hill I met my uncle Phil long nose needle toes upon my word he'd frighten the crows.
    Ans. A snipe.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James P. Mc Rann
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lisnagea, Co. Leitrim