School: Clonard (roll number 16067)
- Location:
- Clonard, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Fithcheallaigh
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- As round as an apple as plump as a ball can climb the church over steeple and all. Ans. The SunWhat goes away between two woods and comes back between two waters. Ans. A man fetching water in pailsPatch upon patch without any stitches, riddle me that and I will buy you a pair of breeches. Ans. A cabbageLong legs short thighs little head and no eyes. Ans. A tongsHeaded like a thimble tailed like a rat you may guess for ever but you wouldn't guess that. Ans. A PipeOld Mother Twitchet had but one eye and a long tail she let fly and every time she went out in a gap she left a bit of her tail in a trap. Ans. A Woman StitchingInk, Ank, under a bank ten drawing four. Ans. Milking a cow(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Joe Coloe
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Mulphedder, Co. Meath