School: Naomh Pádraig, Carrowmena (roll number 16787)
- Location:
- Carrowmenagh, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Pádraig S. Ó Cathain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1118, Page 409
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- (continued from previous page)round comes the red cow and gives them all a slake.
Ans. Your teeth and tongue.
If a man put up ten stakes of corn in a dry year, what would he put up in a wet year?
Ans. He would put up and umbrella.
Why does a train smoke?
Ans. Because it cannot chew.
Why does a cow look over a hill?
Ans. Because she cannot see through it.
What goes up when the rain comes down
Ans. An umbrella
Why does a donkey eat thistles?
Ans, Because he is an ass.
Why is a black hen smarter than a white hen?
Ans. Because a black hen can lay a white egg but a white hen cannot lay a black egg.
Long legs, short thighs, wee head and no eyes?
Ans. The tongs.
- Collector
- Daniel Mac Gettigan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrowmenagh, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Miss Sarah Mac Gettigan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 63
- Address
- Carrowmenagh, Co. Donegal
