School: Mullach na Sídhe (C.) (roll number 15426)
- Location:
- Fairymount, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Bean Uí Dhubhthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0239, Page 234
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- Question. Ink and under the bank ten drawing four?
Answer A woman milking a cow
Q Round the house Round the house and lies at the back door?
A. Brush.
Q Under the fire over the fire and never touches a fire?
A A cake in the oven.
Q As round as an apple as flat as a pan one side a woman the other a man?
A. A penny
Q A lepper of ditches a clipper of thorns a brown little cow with a pair of leather horns?
A A [struck out: "hair"] hare.
Q What is it that has four feet a head and a foot?
A A bed.
Q Half dead half living and a tail wagging?
A. A dog licking a pot.
- Collector
- B. Ní Ríabhaig
- Gender
- Female
