School: Glenmaquin (roll number 9748)
- Location:
- Glenmaquin, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Eilís Bean Uí Leathain
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1102, Page 64
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- Question
Why does a man look into his pipe?
I made a thing and made it to wee, A cut a bit of and made it big enough?
How many sticks go to a crow's nest?
Why does a cow look over the ditch?
Its long and it narrow and not very wide and wear a green selvedge on every side?
What goes round the wood and round the wood and does not get into the woods?When is a girls hair like the sea?
What bird carries the heaviest weight?
What part of a cow goes over the hill first?
What goes to bed with its shoes on?
Why do you go to your bed?
How could you compare a train to a flea?
What walks on its head?
What wears its coat in Summer and throws it off in Winter?(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Joe Mc Kenny
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knockbrack, Co. Donegal
