School: Uragh (B.)
- Location:
- Uragh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Ó Connachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0968, Page 237
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- (continued from previous page)19. What goes up the ladder with its head down?
Ans. A nail in a man's boot.20 Niddy nuddy, sound body, three feet a wooden hat
Ans. A pot.21. How can two words with three letters in each be written in five J
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Ans. JIM
M22. What goes round the house and round the house and leaves a loaf on every window.
Ans. Snow.23. As round as an apple, as plump as a ball, can climb the church over steeple tall.
Ans. The sun.24 What has four legs and one foot?
Ans. A bed.25. What goes through the water through the water and says jink jink and never takes a drink?
Ans. A horse shoe.26 What goes from house to house and never gets into the house
Ans. A foot path.27 I have a grey goose and she is a large size, the man that would buy her would need to be wise. She goes out for her living. She's seldom at home. She stands on her feet and walks on her nose.
Ans. A ship.(continues on next page)
- Informant
- James Mc Govern
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Cornalon, Co. Cavan
