School: Baile na Martra (B.) (roll number 13647)
- Location:
- Castlemartyr, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán de Barra
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- (continued from previous page)Q. Old mother twitchit had but one eye, and a long tail which she let fly. Every time she went over a gap, she left a piece of her tail behind a trap?
A. Needle and thread.
Q. What fruit bears a date?
A. Dates.
- Q 'Tis in, 'Tis out, 'tis all about, tis slippery wet and greasy?
A. A pigs tongue.
Q. As deep as the ocean, as round as a cup and all the King's horses could not pull it up?
A. A well.
Q The more you take from it the bigger it will get?
A. A grave.
Q. Riddleme, riddleme, what is that over the head and under the hat.
A. The hair of your head.
Q. Over the fire and under the fire and never touches the fire?(continues on next page) - Collector
- Master James Dunlea
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Mogeely, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr P. Dunlea
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Mogeely, Co. Cork
