School: Inis (B.) (roll number 15042)
- Location:
- Ennis, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Proinnsias Ó Fionnmhacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0610, Page 071
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- Why does a hen pick a pot?
Because she cannot lick it.
What goes up when the rain comes down?
An umbrella.
As round as a marble, as deep as a cup and all the men in Clare would not fill it up?
A well.
A flock of white sheep under a red hill here they go, there they go, now they are still?
The teeth.
What sort of a stick never grows in a wood?
A candle-stick.
Jenny inside the wall, Jenny outside the wall and if you touch Jenny she will bite you?
A nettle.
Why does a cow look over the wall?
Because she cannot look under it.
Why is a dead ass like a narrow road?
Because it has no breath in it.
It is cut on the table but never eaten?
A pack of cards.
Twenty sick sheep went out a gap one died how many came back?
Nineteen.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Tierney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ennis, Co. Clare
