School: Doohamlet
- Location:
- Doohamlat, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: P. Mac an Bháird
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0936, Page 235
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- (continued from previous page)There was a beggar and the beggar had a brother, and the brother died, and the man that died never had a brother. How could that be?
The Beggar was a sister to the man that died.
What has two tails, two sleeves, a neck and no head?
A Shirt.
Why is Westminster Abbey like a fender?
Because it contains the ashes of the grate (great)
Riddle me, riddle me, candy bo, my father gave me seed to sew. The seed was black and the gound was white, Riddle me that and I'll give you a pipe?
A Newspaper.
As I sat on my hunkers, and looked through my winkers[?], I saw the dead burying the alive?
A person raking a turf fire.
What is white and black and red (read) all over?
A Newspaper.
