School: Collinstown
- Location:
- Collinstown, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: T. Ó Loingsigh
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- (continued from previous page)What has an eye and cannot see?
"A needle."
Long legs short thighs little head and no eyes.
"A Tongs."
A lazy old woman a hardworking man and twelve little children as black as a pan.
"A Clock."
As round as an apple as flat as a pan
one side a woman and the other a man.
"A Penny."
What is it that is worn by the foot and bought by the yard.
"A Carpet."
A leaper of Ditches a crapper of corns a little brown cow with leather Horns.
"A Hare."
What is it that you have to cut a bit off it to make it longer.
"A Grave."
What is it that is not on you or inside you but yet is on you.
What is worse than having a hole in your stocking.
"Having one in each."