School: Mullach Dubh
- Location:
- Lisgorman, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Pádhraic Ó Blioscáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0203, Page 199
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- (continued from previous page)steeple and all. The sun.
The man that made it didn't want it the man that bought it didn't use it and the man that used it didn't see it. A coffen.
What black and white and read all over. The newspaper.
Why does the cow look over the hill. Because she can't look under it.
How could you compare a dog's tail to the centre of a tree. Each of them is farthest from the bark.
What is it goes up a ladder with his head down. A nail in your foot.
What goes round the wood and round the wood and never reaches the wood. The bark of a tree.
What is it God never sees the king seldom sees and wee see every day. My own equal.
