School: Clochar na Trócaire, Sligeach
- Location:
- Sligo, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: An tSiúir Aibhistín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0160, Page 333
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- (continued from previous page)And such a man was never born."
A Cock
"If a man went up a ladder and fell down what would be fall against?"
His will.
"What has teeth and cannot eat?"
A comb.
"Why do they never hang a man with a wooden leg?"
Because they use a rope instead.
"What never speaks but still needs to be answered?"
The door.
"As round as an apple as deep as a cup and all the men in Ireland could not pick it up?"
A well.
"As round as an apple, as plump as a ball, slit in the middle, and hair round it all?"
Your eye
"If it takes half a day to dig half a hole(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peggy Harkin
- Gender
- Female
