School: Bunninadden
- Location:
- Bunnanaddan, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: John J. Rochford
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0185, Page 0289
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- Riddles.
G.: As round as an apple as flat as a pan one side a woman and other a man?
A.: A penny
G.:A duck before two ducks a duck behind two ducks and a duck in the middle between two ducks?
A.: Three ducks.
G.: Why is a black hen more powerful than a white one?
A.:Because a black hen can lay a white egg and a white hen cannot lay a black egg.
G.:Black and white went up the hill black came down and white stayed still?
A.:A black hen went up the hill to lay her egg and when she had it layed she came down and left it above.
G.: Round the house and round the house and stands at the back door?
A.: A broom.
G.:Round the house and round the house and walking on their heads?
A.: Studs in your shoes
G.:Twenty sheep went out a gap twenty more(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maggie Gallagher
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bunnanaddan, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Mrs Ellen Gallagher
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Achonry, Co. Sligo
