School: Béal Átha an Dá Chab
- Location:
- Ballydehob, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Síle Ní Mhathúna
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- 1. It is in the rock, and it is not in the stone; it is in the church and it is not in the steeple; it is in the priest and it is not in the people.
(The letter R)2. It is nearer to you than it is to me, and I can see it, and you cannot see it?
(Your poll.)3. What is it that runs and never walks?
(The train)4. There is a white house east, and a red house west, and you must break the white house to go in to the red house
(An egg.)5. What smells most in a perfumer's shop?
(The nose)6. When is a queen like a piece of wood?
(When she is a ruler)7. Out side the house there is a well, and in the well there is a cup, and in the cup there is a sup that every one must take.
(Death)8. Round the house, round the house and walks on the top of his head.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Rose Hickey
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Skeaghanore East, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Dan Hickey
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Skeaghanore East, Co. Cork