School: Gleannach (Glenough) (roll number 8224)
- Location:
- Glenough Lower, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Bean Uí Bhreasail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0583, Page 281
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- Under the fire and over the fire and never touches the fire. What is it? A cake in an ovenInk, ank under a bank then drawing four.
A woman milking a cow.It opens like a barn door, it shuts like a trap and you will think of forty things before you'd think of that: Your mouth.Why is a sow in a parlour compared to a house on fire? The sooner it is put out the better.When is a field like a target? When there is a bull in it.What goes up when the rain comes down?
An umbrella.
As round as a marble as flat as a pan the shape of a woman and the shape of a man:- A pennyWhich man wears the biggest hat?
The man with the biggest head.(continues on next page)
