School: Drom an Mhadaidh
- Location:
- Drumavaddy, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Ó Murchadha
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- (continued from previous page)7. On yonder hill there is a house and in the house there is a room and in the room there is a table and in the room there is a drawer and in the drawer there is a cup, and in the cup there is a sup that everyone must drink.
------ Death8. The man that made it didnt want it, the man that bought it didn't (never) used it, the man that used it never saw it.
------ A coffin9. What goes round the house and leaves a loaf on every window?
------ snow10. What is it that wets with dryinf?
----- a towel.11. What turns with moving?
----- milk (meaning, sour)12. What sleeps with its finger in its eye?
----- The fire crook.13. What part of a cow goes into the byre first?
----- her breath.14. What goes to a house and never goes in?
----- lane, "bohoreen", "pass".15. What is it you love and it hates you and you cant do without it?
----- Fire(continues on next page)