School: Tisaran
- Location:
- Moystown Demesne, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: M. Ní Éireamhóin
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- Q. The little brown cow, she sits by the wall, she eats all she gets, and drinks none at all.
A. A fire.
Q. Little white nelly with a red nose, the the longer she lives the shorter she grows.
A. A candle.
Q. Flies high, flies low, wears boots but has none.
A. A football.
Q. What is very curious about coal?
A. The buyer brings it to the cellar.
Q. What has a bark, and can't bark?
A. A tree.
Q. Under the fire, and over the fire, but(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eilis Ní Uait
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Creggan, Co. Offaly
