School: Drumfries (roll number 1572)
- Location:
- Drumfree, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: P. E. Ó Dubhthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1110, Page 174
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- (continued from previous page)(13) A head like a thimble, A tail like a rat. You could guess for ever, but you couldn't guess that.?
(A Pipe)
(14) I have an old mare, with an iron throat/ Every time she gallops, she swallows the rope.?
(A Spinning Wheel)
(15) What has a mouth and no head.?
(A River)
(16) What turns and never moves.?
(Milk)
(17) What's full and holds more.?
(A pot of potatoes and pour in [water])
(18) Why is a pig in the kitchen like a house on fire.?
(Because the sooner you get it out the better)
(19) What goes round the wood, and round the wood, and never gets into the wood.?
(The bark of a tree)(continues on next page)
