School: Ferbane (Convent)
- Location:
- An Féar Bán, Co. Uíbh Fhailí
- Teacher: Sr Patrick
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- As black as ink and ink it isn't, as white as snow and snow it isn't, it hops on the road like a marble stone, and a marble stone it isn't? A magpie.
As I went out in a field of wheat, I picked up something good to eat, it was neither fish, flesh, feather nor bone and I kept it until it walked alone? An egg.
Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat, you may guess for ever, but you'll never guess that? A pipe.
Hangs in the hall, drinks all it gets, and eats none at all? A lamp.
Which side of the jug is the handle? The outside.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mary Josephine Kenny
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Féar Bán, Co. Uíbh Fhailí
- Informant
- Mr Stephen Kenny
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Féar Bán, Co. Uíbh Fhailí