School: An Sciobairín
- Location:
- Skibbereen, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Cuileanáin
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- (continued from previous page)wore it, the man that wore it never saw it. Ans a coffin.
6)
As wide as a basin, as deep as a cup all the water in the world would not fill it up.
Ans. A Strainer.
7)
Humpy, Dumpy sat on the wall,
Humpy, Dumpy got a great fall,
All the Kings horses and all the kings men could not put Humpy Dumpy together again. Ans An Egg.
8)
Black I am and red I'll be, many a man has injured me. Ans a sod of turf.
9)
Sixty cups upon a shelf (six tea) one fell how many were left. Ans Five.
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I washed my face in water that was never rained nor run, And I dried it in a towel that was never woven nor(continues on next page)
