School: Drumatemple (C.) (roll number 7055)
- Location:
- Drumatemple, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Treasa, Bean Uí Chuinn
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- 1. A head like a thimble, a tail like a rat If you were guessing for ever you would not guess that?
A pipe
2. I know a little man, and he wears a red little coat and cap, and he lives by the wall all the day long. He eats all I give him and he drinks none atall?
A fire
3. If you fell into the river what would you fall against? Your will
4. As I went to London I saw a great wonder, three pots boiling and no fire under? A spring well
5. As round as an apple, as flat as a pan, half a woman and half a man? A penny
6. Spell broken down- ditch in three letters? Gap
7. What is it that would fit in your hand and it would not fit in a box? A hay fork
8. All it eats in the day it covers it at night? A fire
9.Jenny Muddle in the puddle, green gown and a white petticoat? A rush
10. Why does a hen pick a pot? Because she cannot lick it
11. Spell mousetrap in three letters? Cat
12. What city can you put in a bottle? Cork
13. Why is a white hen better than a black one?(continues on next page)- Collector
- Annie Dowd
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloonee, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mrs Ml. Cooney
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Cloonee, Co. Galway