School: Goirtín
- Location:
- Gorteen, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Máiréad Ní Dhubhthaigh
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- Puzzles.
As round as an apple, as plump as a ball, it climbs over churches, steeples and all.
The Sun.
As round as an apple, as flat as a pan, the whole of a woman and the head of a man.
A Penny.
What is it that goes from town to town and never runs?
The Road.
What goes up when the rain comes down?
An umbrella.
What is it that goes up the ladder with it's head down?
The nail in a man's boot.
What is it that over the house and never moves?
The Roof.
What goes around the house all day and sits in the corner at night?
The twig.
What is half the moon like?
The other half.
The man that made it never wore it, and the man that wore it never saw it.
A coffin(continues on next page)- Collector
- Michael Carr
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Gorteen, Co. Galway
- Collector
- Paddy Burke
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Temple, Co. Galway
- Collector
- Rita Greally
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clogh, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mike Treacy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 85
- Address
- Clogh, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mrs Maria Burke
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 57
- Address
- Temple, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Simon Finn
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 40
- Address
- Lenareagh, Co. Galway