School: Gort na Carraige (Rockfield) (roll number 9009)
- Location:
- Knocknashangan, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Nóra Nic Aodhagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1029, Page 247
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- Q What hangs and bears but never blossoms.
A A crook.
Q What goes round the house and round the house and lies at the back door
A A brush.
Q What goes through the wood and leaves a rag on every bush
A Snow.
Q What goes up when the rain comes down
A An umbrella.
Q What side of the jug is the handle on
A The outside
Q When is a horse not a horse
A When it is turned into afield.
Q Blacky and whitie went up the hill. Blacky came down and white stayed still. What is that
A A black hen which layed a white egg.
Q what is the difference a black hen and a white hen. A black hen can lay a white egg but a white hen cannot lay a black egg.
Q. What fish cannot swim
A A dead one
Q Why does a hen cross the road(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Martin Keegan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Templenew, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Pat Mulhern
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 68
- Address
- Templenew, Co. Donegal
