School: Charleville, Tullamore
- Location:
- Charleville Demesne, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: S. Ó Bhealóg
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“Q What is it the more is taken from it the bigger is gets. ¶ A When you are digging a hole.”
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Q What is it the more is taken from it the bigger it gets.
A When you are digging a hole
Q What is it the more it is fed the hungrier it gets
A A fire
Q Patches upon patches and no stitches
A A head of cabbage
Q What stands on one leg all day
A A head of cabbage
Q What has one eye and cannot see
A A needle
Q Why did the hen lay an egg
A It cannot lay a brick
Q What goes up the ladder with its head down
A A stud in a man's boot
Q Round he wood and round the wood and cannot get into it
A The bark on a tree
Q What turns without moving
A Good milk turning sour
Q What has teeth and cannot eat
A A comb(continues on next page)- Collector
- Bella Gamage
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Charleville Demesne, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Mrs Gamage
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Charleville Demesne, Co. Offaly