School: Cill Chothrach, An Sciobairín
- Location:
- Kilcoe, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Spealáin
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Ans: A bottle of whiskey
28. As I went up a slippery gap, I met my Aunty Mary. She had timber toes and iron noes and 'pon my word she frightned the crows.
Ans. A gun
29. As I went up a slippery gap I saw a soldier standing. I cut off his head and drank his blood and left his body standing.
Ans A bottle of wine
30. As round as an apple as deep as a cup,
All the water in the world wouldn't fill it up.
Ans: A strainer
31. A little white bird flew from Paradise, pitched on top of a high wall. Lady landless, took it up handless, ate it toothless and rode away horseless.
Ans. The sun melting snow.
32. Around the house and round the house and stops at the back door
Ans. A brush
33. What goes under the water and over the water and never touches the water
Ans. An egg in a duck.
