School: Tullyvin
- Location:
- Tullyvin, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: M. Feeney
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1020, Page 333
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- (continued from previous page)whitie stood still - A black hen laying a white egg.
As round as an apple, as flat as a pan, on one side a women, and on the other a man - A penny.
How long does a candle burn? - From one wick (week) end to the other.
What goes from bush to bush, and leaves a white rag after it? - Snow.
Patch upon patch without stitches, if you riddle me that, I will buy you a pair of breeches. - A head of cabbage.
Hairy on the back, rough on the skin, two things flapping and one going in. - A pig eating.
What is the difference between a hungry boy, and a greedy boy? - One longs to eat, and the other eats too long.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Philomena B. Fox
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Corgreagh, Co. Cavan
