School: Greaghagarran
- Location:
- Greaghagarran, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: B.Nic Fhearghusa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1014, Page 286
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- (continued from previous page)39. In the meadow there is a table, in the table there is a drawer, in the drawer there is a cup, in the cup there is a sup and everyone must taste it? Death.
40. Spell "Red Rouge of the World" in three letters? Fox.
41. A I sat on my hunkers, I looked through my winkers and I saw the dead burying the live? Raking the fire.
42. A little brown cow with a pair of leather horns, and she jumps all the ditches that she meets? A hare.
43. What has an eye and can't see? A needle.
44. What is the first thing you do when you go to bed? Rack the clothes.
45. What goes up when the rain comes down? An umbrella.
