School: Carra
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- Carha, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: P. Ó Tonra
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- (continued from previous page)18. I have a little a little horse tied to the wall and he would eat all the straw from here to Donegal and if I gave him any water he would die. Answer - A fire.
- 1. What never was and never will be. Answer. = A mouse's nest in a cat's ear.
2. An iron lamb and a woollen tail. Answer = A needle and thread.
3. Over gravel I do travel on oak stick I do stand I rode the mare that never foaled and carried the bridle in my hand. Answer = A ship at sea.
4. Round the house and round the house and he family after her. Answer = a hen and chickens.
5. Its black and its white and its read all over. Answer = A Newspaper.
6. It sits in the corner and a hundred eyes in it. Answer = A riddle.
7 I had a little horse with iron hoofs the quicker he galloped he swallowed the rope. Answer = A spinning wheele.
8. As I was going across a Brooklyn bridge I met a Brooklyn scholar an' drew off his hat tell me th [?](continues on next page)- Collector
- Kathleen Higgins
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carha, Co. Mayo