School: Teampull Dubhglaise (roll number 6968)
- Location:
- Drumbologe, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seán C. Ó Dómhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1083, Page 155
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- Guesses. Madge Kelly.
What sign is it to hear the dog barking?
A sign you are'nt deaf.
Q. What is alway's behind the time?
A. The back of a clock.
Q. Why does a hen pick a pot-stick?
A. Because she cant lick it.
Q. Why does a cow slever?
A. Because she can't spit.
Q. What has a head a tail and no body.
A. A penny.
Q. What part of the cow goes into the byre first?
A. Her breath.
Q. What walks all day and sits in its own dirt at night?
A. A nail in your shoe.
Q. What county in Ireland goes into a bottle?
A. County Cork.
Q. I have a wee mare with an iron throat, as quick as she gallops she swallows the rope.
A. A spinning wheel.
- Collector
- Madge Kelly
- Gender
- Female
