School: Tuar an Fhíona, Cluain Meala
- Location:
- Tooraneena, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Gearóid Ó Coindealbháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0647, Page 207
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- (continued from previous page)the field.
When I pull his leg his nose will bleed.
A pump.As I was going to the fair of the mind
I met nine tinkers and their wives
Each of them had nine children
How many were going to the fair of the mind?
One.What difference is between a black hen and a white hen?
The black hen can't lay a black egg and the white hen can lay a white egg.It has a large round head and it stands on one leg.
A head of cabbage.What is it, it never was or never will be?
A mouse's nest in a cat's ear.It is brought to the table, cut and never eaten.
A deck of cards.A little red heifer sits by the wall
She eats all she gets
But she drinks none at all.
A fire.Which part of a cow goes out the gap the first?
Her breath.I have a little house and a mouse couldn't fit in it(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Pádraig Teidhirs
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballynamult, Co. Waterford
- Informant
- Buachaillí na Scoile
- Relation
- Not a relative
