School: Monedarragh, Mostrim (roll number 7642)
- Location:
- Monadarragh, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Ml. Ó Conghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0769, Page 370
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- (continued from previous page)37. What goes up when the rain comes down? An umbrella.
38. A lazy old woman, a hard working man and twelve little children as black as a pan. What is it? A clock
39. What is the lightest thing you could have in your pocket? A hole
40. A leaper of ditches, a climber of thorns, a little brown cow, with two leather horns. What is it? A rabbit.
41. What goes round the house and round the house and sleeps in the corner at night? A besom.
42. What goes from house to house and is useful to every house? A path(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Coyle
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cranalagh More, Co. Longford
