School: Corlurgan
- Location:
- Corlurgan, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: F. Fletcher
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- 9th Nov 1938
What sleeps with its finger in its mouth?
A crook
Blackie and Whities went up the hill, Blackie came down and Whitie stood still?
A hen and an egg.
Chip Chip Cherry all the men in Derry could not put Chip chip together again?
A broken egg.
What stands on one leg with its heart in its head? A cabbage head.
Four little bottles standing on a hill, four turned up and none of them spill?
A cows teats.
Patch upon Patch without any stitches
riddle me that and I will buy you a pair of britches? A cabbage head.- Collector
- Una Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tullycoe, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mrs P. Brady
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tullycoe, Co. Cavan