School: Corra Cluana (roll number 14054)
- Location:
- Corracloona, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Caomháin
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- (continued from previous page)As I went up to Tara hill Tara hill was shaking And all the birds in the air came tearing and scraping. Ans: A plough.
Hink! Hank! under a bank, ten drawing four. Ans: A woman milking a cow.
What goes through the wood and leaves a white tail after it? Ans: Snow.
What is under the fire and over the fire and never touches the fire? Ans: A cake in an oven.
Which travels faster, heat or cold? Ans: Heat, because you can catch cold.
A useful, useless instrument
Once its bought its never lent
The man who buys it, does not own it
The man that owns it does not know it. Answer: A coffin.
As I went out yon guttery gap.
I met my uncle David.
I split his skull
I drank his blood
And left him lying easy.
Ans: A bottle of whiskey.
What is short and take a bit off it and it is long enough?
Ans: A grave
If you go into my parlour, you will see a pretty lass with rings on her fingers and bells on her toes
Tip her in the middle and off she goes. Ans: A gun
