School: Ballinacliffy
- Location:
- Ballynacliffy, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: A. Ní Dhubhthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0747, Page 113
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- (continued from previous page)And if you go near her she would roar and bawl.
Answer. A bell.
12. Chip, chop, cherry,
All the men in Derry,
Wouldn't climb
Chip, Chop, Cherry
Answer. Smoke.
13. Ink, ank under bank
Ten drawing four
Answer. A woman milking a cow.
14. Its in the house,
Its outside the house,
But it serves the house after.
Answer. A window.
15. Round the wood,
And round the wood.
But never gets into the wood.
Answer. The bark of a tree.
16. The full of the house
But can't get a spoonful.
Answer. Smoke.
17. As I went out a slippery gap
I met my uncle David
I cut off his head
And sucked his blood(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peggie Rushe
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tonagh, Co. Westmeath
