School: Mullach Dubh
- Location:
- Lisgorman, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Pádhraic Ó Blioscáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0203, Page 198
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- (continued from previous page)pair of leeches. A head of cabbage.
What goes in dry and comes out wet and the longer it lives the stronger it gets. Tea.
Headed like a thimble tailed like a rat you can guess for ever but you will never guess that. A pipe.
What is it that is cut in the wood and sounds in the town and earns a man many a pound. A fiddle.
As round as an apple as flat as a pan one side a woman and the other a man. A penny.
As round as round as an apple as steep as a cup all the men in Ireland wouldn't lift it up. A well.
The beginning of eternity the end of time and space the beginning of every end and the end of every place. The letter "E"
AS round as an apple as plump as a ball can climb the church over(continues on next page)
