School: Cloichín an Mhargaidh
- Location:
- Clogheen Market, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Teacháin
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- R-: Long-legged father; big-bellied mother; Three little children; all the same colour?
Ans:- A three-legged pot.
R-: Black and white and red (read) all over?
Ans:- A newspaper.
R:- I went up a bohereen; I went down a bohereen. And I brought a bohereen on my back?
Ans:- A ladder.
R:- Ink; Ank; under a bank; Ten drawing four?
Ans:- A person milking a cow.
R:- I have a little cow. That stands by the wall. It ates all it gets; But drink nothing at all?
Ans:- The fire
R:- What is it that goes to the table. Always cut; but never eaten?
Ans:- A pack of cards
R:- A houseful; a roomful; Yet you couldn't get a spoonful?
Ans:- Smoke.
R:- What eats the grass as low as the goose?
Ans:- The gander.
R:- 'Tis white and 'tis yellow. Tis passable green. And the King couldn't come at it. No more than the Queen?(continues on next page)- Collector
- William Moore
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Clogheen, Co. Tipperary