School: Derryvoney
- Location:
- Derryvony, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Mary Ní Néill
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0970, Page 047
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- Q. What has thirty legs fifteen heads and a pair of wings that cannot fly.
A. A football team
Q. What has seven legs four ears and a tail wagging.
A. A dog scraping a pot.
Q. What sign is it to hear the cuckoo.
A. That you are not deaf.
Q. Did you even see a deer with horns.
A. No it was with your eyes.
Q. What goes over the hill but never comes back.
A. A path
Q. Cork and Kerry spell me that without k
A. That
Q. What bird carries the heaviest weight.
A. A crane
Q. What is it the more you take from it the bigger it gets.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Oliver Ferns
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derryvony, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- W. J. Ferns
- Address
- Derryvony, Co. Cavan
