School: Tisrara (C.) (roll number 14930)
- Location:
- Tigh Srathra, Co. Ros Comáin
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Fhlaithbheartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0267, Page 312
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- (continued from previous page)11. What is it that has a face and two hands, and cannot talk after.
Answer. A clock.12.My long leged father and my short bodied mother and my three little children like one another.
Answer. A pot.13. Stretch out your hand before your face. And you may plainly see what never was, or what will never will be.
Answer. Equal length of your fingers.14. My hard working father, my lazy old mother, and my twelve children.
Answer. A clock.15. Long legs, short thies, small head, and no eyes. Answer. A tongs16. As round as an apple, as deep as a cup. And all the men in Derry would not draw it up.
Answer. A well.17 Round the house , and round the house, And stand in the corner at night.
Answer. A twig.
- Collector
- Mary Mulry
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Jamestown, Co. Ros Comáin
