School: Uillineach (roll number 6584)
- Location:
- Ullinagh, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Sibéal Pollock
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0941, Page 139
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- (continued from previous page)10 Old mother Twitchat had but one eye and a long tail that she let fly
And every time she went through a gap she left a bit of her tail in a trap.
A needle and thread sewing.
11 What goes up when the rain comes down?
An umbrella
12 As round as a pot as flat as a pan, on one side a woman on the other a man.
A penny,
13 As black as ink as white as milk and it hops on the road like a hailtsone.
A magpie.
14 Black and white and read all over.
A bood.
15 A head like a thimble, a tail like a rat.
A pipe.
16 Why does a miller wear a white hat?
To keep his head warm.
17 Why does a duck waddle across the road?
To get to the other side.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Jean Jackson
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Brackly, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Jean Jackson
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Brackly, Co. Monaghan
