School: An Cnocán Bán, Áth Treasa (roll number 12999)
- Location:
- Cummery Connell (South), Co. Cork
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Ríordáin
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- (continued from previous page)Q. A hole in the heel of her stocking.
A. I went up the road and down the road and took the road in my back.
A. A ladder.
Q. Ding dong under a bank, ten drawing four.
A. A woman milking a cow.
Q. 'Tis in the river but not in the flood.
'Tis in the mire but not in the mud.
'Tis in the priest but not in the people.
'Tis in the church but not in the steeple.
A. The letter R.
Q. There is a pony in my hall. If you will give him butter he will cry and if you give him water he will die.
A. The fire.
Q. What's worse than having a hole in your stocking?
A. To have a hole in the two of them.
Q. Genny above the ditch. Genny below the ditch, mind for fear she''ll tear you.
A. A Brier.
Q. As I went through a field of wheat I met a thing that you could eat.' Twas neither fish, flesh nor bones. After three weeks it walked home.
A. An egg.
Q. On which side of a jug is the handle ?
A. On the outside.
Q. My first is in toffee and also in tart.
My second's in parcel and also in part.(continues on next page)
