School: Corlis
- Location:
- Corlis, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Mrs O' Reilly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0983, Page 195
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A. An egg.
Q. Humpty dumpty sat on the wall humpty dumpty got a great fall all the king's horses and all the king's men could not put humpty dumpty together again.
A. An egg.
Q. As white as milk as black as silk what hops on the road like hailstones.
A. A mag - pie.
Q. What makes a hen cross the road.
A. To get to the other side.
Q. Ink, ink on the bank thirty trapples and one shank
A. A head of corn.
Q What part of a cow goes into a field first.
A. Her breath.
Q. I have a little house and it would not hold a mouse and there are as many windows on it as the Lord Mayor's house.
A. A thimble.
Q. Trip, Tray and Trim which is the bitche's name.
A. Which, is the bitche's name.
Q. What runs deep without legs.
A. Water.
Q. Alive in the front, dead in the middle and baptized behind.
A. A man harrowing.
Q. What never was and never will be, put out your(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Margaret M. O' Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumamry, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Hugh O' Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 62
