School: Baile Máirtín, Muine Beag
- Location:
- Ballymartin, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Bean an Bhreathnaigh
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- 1. I have a little sister above in the field: when you pull her leg her nose will bleed?
A pump2. What four letters would frighten a thief?
O, I, G, U3. A humpty backed mother, a lazy old father, three little children all the same colour?
A pot4. What is it that's full of holes and yet holds water?
A sponge5. I have a little sister she sits by the wall, give her more or less and she will have it and give her water and she will die?
The fire6. I washed my face in water that never rained or run and I dried it in a towel that was never woven nor spun?
The dew and sun7. What has a neck and body and nothing else?
A bottle8. Which ship should we all like to avoid.
Hardship9. Why should a hen be never untidy?
Because she carries her comb with her.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Ellie Mac Evoy
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Currane, Co. Carlow