School: Géag (C.), Baile na Muc (roll number 13306)
- Location:
- Gaigue, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Máire Ní Mhurchadha
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- (continued from previous page)There is no down it is all hair.
What goes from here to Dublin without moving?
The Road
What side of the mug is the handle on?
On the outside.
How is it that a hen picks a pot?
Because she cannot lick it.
Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat you may guess for ever, but you won't guess that?
A pipe.
What has eyes but cannot see?
a potato
What tree is most liked in Summer?
The beech.
What runs fast but has no legs?
A tap.
What has a tongue but cannot speak? A boot.
Why is it that your nose never grows to the twelve inches?
Because it would be a foot.
What has legs but cannot walk?
A table(continues on next page)- Collector
- Rosaleen Mc Entee
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Ballinamuck, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Mrs R. Mernash
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 78
- Address
- Ballinamuck, Co. Longford