School: Long an Inbhair
- Location:
- Lurgananure, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Ml. Mac Géibhdigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1006, Page 204
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- (continued from previous page)Long legs, shorts thighs, little head, and no eyes?
A thongs.
The king of Moroco sent to the queen of Moran a bottomless vessle to hold flesh and blood in?
A ring.
Up stairs, and down stairs a maiden dressed in brass, down int he parlour sits a bony little lass with rings on hre fingers, and bells on he toes, crack her in the middle, and off she goes? A gun
A bonnacht of bread, and a sheetful of crumbs?
The moon, and stars.
Spell the reg rogue of the world in three letters?
Fox.
Two ducks behind two ducks, two ducks before two ducks, two ducks in the middle between two ducks, how many ducks are that? Four.
Spell black water in three letters? Ink.
What opens like a barrel, shuts like a trap, many a thing you'll think of, but you'll never think of that? An umbrella.
What has one head, one foot, and four legs.
If Dick's father, is Tom's son, what relation is Dick to Tom? His grandson.
Use me well, and I'm everyone, scratch my back and I'm noone? A looking glass.
Says the child to the father, "how does it come, that you are my father, and I'm not your son? His daughter
- Collector
- Mollie Smith
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- John Denning
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 78
