School: Uachtar Achaidh (roll number 9762)
- Location:
- Oughteragh, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Caitlín Knott
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- (continued from previous page)did I see but Billy Willy Wicker and his tickern - ticker and I called for my mother to hunt. Billy Willy Wicker and his tickern - ticker.
Ans. Sow and a letter of pigs.What went into the wood and out of the wood and never touched the wood.
Ans. A knife in a man's pocket.Why does a hen go over the road?
Ans. Because he cannot go under it.Four sticks standers! Four diddly anders! Two huckers, two puckers and a wagger.
Ans. A cow.Little Jenny Huddle sitting in a puddle with a green dress and a white slip.
Ans. rush.What goes round the house dragging into puddings after it.
Ans. a hen and a flock of chickens.Long legs! short thighs, little head and no eyes.
Ans. Tongs.Why is a bird like a penny!
Ans. because it has a head on one side and a tail on the other side.I went up the road, and went down the road and I brought the on my back.
Ans. ladder.It has neither inside mor outside and it shows light through the house.
Ans. window.Black and white and red all over.
Ans. newspaperAs I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with(continues on next page)- Collector
- Leslie Knott
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ardrum, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Jim Mc Goldrick
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 20
- Address
- Ardrum, Co. Leitrim