School: Ballykelly
- Location:
- Ballykelly, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Pádraig Mac Uadain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0873, Page 233
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- Black I am and much admired, men were at me till were tired, they bruised my back and broke my face and carried me from my native place. What am I?
Coal.
As black as coal and coal it isn’t, as white as snow an snow it isn’t, it hops on the road like a marvelstone and a marvelstone it isn’t. What is it?
A magpie.
Who is the lightest man in the world?
A Cork man.
Why is a Cobbler’s shop like hell?
Because it’s full of bad soles.
An old red cow lying by the wall, eats all she gets and drinks none at all.
A fire.
What is half moon like.
The other half.
What has sixteen legs and cannot walk?
Eight pairs of trousers.
What makes more noise at a gate than a pig?
Two pigs.
What is the difference between a steep hill and a deep pill?(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Dominick Hearn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballykelly, Co. Wexford
