School: Dernakesh (B)
- Location:
- Dernakesh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T. Ó Comhraidhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1017, Page 311
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Q. Riddle, me, riddle me randy, my father gave me a seed to sow, the seed was black and the ground was white, riddle me that and i'll buy you a piper?
A. Ink and paper.
Q. Blackey and x whitey went up the hill, Blackey came back but Whitey stood still?
A. A black hen laying an egg
Q. I ran until I got it, I sat down to look for it, I didn't get it, and I ran home with it.
A. A thorn in a foot.
Q. What is under the fire and over the fire and never touch it?
A. a cake baking.
Q. I have two pigs in yonder sty, one wet and the other dry, give them food and they will roar and cry, and if you give them none how quiet they lie?
A. two millstones
- Collector
- Aidan Farrell
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Gallonreagh, Co. Cavan
- Q. As black as ink, as white s milk and hops on the road like hailstones?(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Edward Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cran, Co. Cavan
