School: Lough Arrow
- Location:
- Lough Arrow, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Cathal Ó Dubhghaill
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0182, Page 175
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- (continued from previous page)all the windows in it = a thimble.
RIddle me, riddle me what is that over the head and under the hat = the hair of your head.
Black and white and red all over = The Newspaper.
As round as an apple as deep as a cup and all the men would not lift it up = A well
London, Derry, Cork and Kerry spell me that without a K = that.
As round as an apple as flat as a pan one side a woman the other side a man = a Penny.
Round the wood and round the wood and never goes into the wood = The bark of the tree.
As I looked in on the window I saw the dead covering the live = The fire raked.
Which two countries would fit in an oven = Turkey and Greece.
Which part of the cow goes out on the gap first = Her breath
Why does a hen pick a pot = because she cannot lick it.
Which side of the cake is the left side = The side that is left after eating.
What travels with its head down = A tack in a man's shoe.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Harte
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrigeenblike, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Mr Martin Mitchell
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Carrigeenblike, Co. Sligo
