School: Ballinamore (B.) (roll number 2820)
- Location:
- Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seán Heslin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0224, Page 246
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- Q. It's round as an apple as deep as a
cup and all the men in Derry would
not lift it up?
A. A spring well.
Q. Why does a donkey eat thistles?
A. Because he is an ass.
Q. My father gave me seed to sow.
The seed was black the ground
was white?
A. Ink and note paper.
Q. What is full and can hold more?
A. A pot of potatoes.
Q. What sleeps at night with its finger in
its eye?
A. A crook.
Q. I have a little black cow in the byre,
and the devil would not tie her?
A. A flea.
Q. A flock of white sheep on a red hill,
Here they go there they go,
And now they stand still?
A. Teeth in your gums.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Seán Scollan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drumrane, Co. Leitrim
