School: Convent Girls' School, Ballymote
- Location:
- Ballymote, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Sr. M. Patrick
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0183, Page 126
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- (continued from previous page)5. Black and white went up the hill
Black came down and white stood still.
Answer. Black hen laid an egg.6 Headed like a thimble
Tailed like a rat,
You may guess for ever, but you
couldn't guess that.
Answer. A pipe.7. Little Jenny Huddle,
Sitting in a puddle,
Wears a green gown and a white petticoat.
Answer. A Rush8 As I was going to Dublin,
I saw a great wonder,
Four and twenty wild cats,
Tearing the world asunder
Answer. A man harrowing.
- Collector
- Kathleen Walshe
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Katty Keenan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballymote, Co. Sligo
