School: Tarmon (roll number 13997)
- Location:
- Tarmon, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: P. Layden
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- 1 As black as ink as white as milk and hops on the road like hailstones
Ans. A magpie
2 As round as an apple as deep as a cup all the men in Derry would not lift it up.
Ans A well.
3 A houseful a roomful I could not get a spoonful.
Ans Smoke.
4 If Jack's wife was Paddy's mother what was Jack to Paddy's brother.
Ans. His father.
5 As black as the devil as hold as a riddle and carries his load by every day.
Ans A crook
6 What part of a cow goes out on a gap first.
Ans. Her breath.(continues on next page)- Informant
- Mr Patrick Flynn
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 47
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Falty, Co. Leitrim