School: An Clochar, Cúil Mhaoile
- Location:
- Collooney, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: An tSr. Teresita
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- (continued from previous page)3. A priest and his sister, a parson and his wife went for a walk and they came to a nest that had three eggs in it and each had an egg
(The Priests sister was the parsons wife)
4. What's full and holds more - A pot of potatoes when water is poured in
5. As I went up Tarry hill, tarry hill was shaking and all the men in Tarry hill were gathered in an acre - A man sowing oats
6. Chip, Chip, Cherry, All the men in Derry
Wouldn't climb up, Chip, Chip, Cherry - Smoke.
7. A cartload of people went over a bridge
And there wasn't a single one on it - they were all married
8. Useful, useless instrument, always bought but never lent. The man who owns it doesn't know it the man that knows it doesn't own it - A coffin
- 1. Everything has it and so has a needle - A Name
2. What living creature never takes off his shoes going to bed? - A horse
3. Sixteen people under an umbrella and never got wet - It wasn't raining
4. What is hard water - Ice
5. What has eyes but cannot see - A Potato
6. As wet as water but still burns - Paraffin oil
7. How much space does a hen take up at night? -
A perch(continues on next page) - Collector
- Christina Mc Donagh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knockbeg East, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Francis Mc Donagh
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
