School: Cill Chonaill (Cailíní)
- Location:
- Cill Chonaill, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Shéaghdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0043, Page 0224
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Q- As round as an apple, as plump as a ball can climb the church over steeple and all.
A- The Sun.Q- Patches upon patches without any stitches, riddle me that, and I'll buy you a breeches.
A- A head of cabbage.Q- Around as an apple as deep as a cup all the men in Ireland cannot pull it up.
A- a well Q- Headed like a thimble, talled like a [] you may guess forever but you will never guess that
A- A pipeQ- Why is a mouse like grass
A- Because the cat will eat it.Q- Father, Mother, Sister, Brother running all day cannot catch one another.
A- Four wheels of a motor car.Q- The man that made it didnt want it, the man that bought it did not use it, the man that used it did not see it.
A- a coffinQ- Why does a hen pick a pot
A- because she cannot lick it(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Josephine Monahan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Baile an Tobair, Co. na Gaillimhe
