School: Cloch Rua (roll number 11111)
- Location:
- Cloghroe, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Nábla Nic Amhlaidhe
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- Chip, chip cherry all the men in Derry, could not catch chip, chip cherry
Ans. The Smoke.
What is full and holds more. ?
Ans. A pot of potatoes, and you can pour water in.
Hys, high, lights low, cuts the grass and cannot mow. ?
Ans. The frost.
It is long and its narrow, and its not very wide, it wears a green selvedge on every side. ?
Ans. The road.
What goes away between too woods and it comes between two waters. ?
Ans. A man fetching water in (two wooden) pails.
A head like a thimble, a tail like a rat, you may guess for ever and you could not guess that. ?
Ans. A pipe(continues on next page)- Collector
- Margaret Walsh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lettermakenny, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Oliver Leeper
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Lettermakenny, Co. Donegal