School: Nuadhan (Noan), Dúrlas Éile
- Location:
- Noan, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Máire Ní Ghormáin
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- Useless, useless instrument.
when it's bought it's never lent.
The man that buys it tisn't his own,
and the man that owns it little he knows.
Answer: A coffinI went between two woods, and I came between two waters.
Answer: I went for the well with two timber buckets and I brought them home full of water. I washed my face in water that never rained or run, and I dried it in a towel that was never worn or spun.
Answer: I washed it in the dew, and I dried it in the sun. What is it the more you take off it the larger it gets?
Answer: A grave. Tis red and tis blue and tis every colour and they king cannot touch it no more than the queen.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Nellie Hayde
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballynagleragh, Co. Tipperary