School: Corlis
- Location:
- Corlis, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Mrs O' Reilly
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- Question. Chip, chip cherry all the men in Derry would not climp chip, chip cherry.
Answer. Smoke.
Q. A houseful a roomful and you could not catch a spoonfull
A. Smoke.
Q. What sleeps all night with its finger in its eye.?
A. A crook.
Q. What goes up when rain comes down.?
A. An umbrella.
Q. What goes up the ladder with its head down.?
A. A nail in a boot.
Q. What goes round the wood and round the wood and never gets into the wood.?
A. A bark of a tree.
Q. What goes round the house and round the house and leaves a loaf in every window.?
A. Snow.
Q. Chip, chip cherry all the men in Derry would not lift chip, chip cherry.
A. A well.
Q. As round as an a apple, as deep as a cup all the men in Derry could not lift it up.
A. A well.
Q What is it that says clink, clink and never drinks.
A. A nail in a horse's shoe.
Q. As I was going up to Dublin I saw a great wonder(continues on next page)- Collector
- Margaret M. O' Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumamry, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Hugh O' Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 62