School: Áth na gClaidheamh (roll number 10537)

Location:
Annagleve, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
S. Mac Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0937, Page 386

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  1. What grows in the wood and sowns in the town and earns it master a many a pound
    A Violin
    As black as Ink as white as milk and hops on the ground like hail stones.
    A Magpie.
    Why does a hen pick a pot
    Because she cannot lick it
    Why does a cow look over a wall.
    Because she cannot look under it
    How many cows tails wood reach to the moon
    One if it was long enough
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Garvey
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Knockavolis, Co. Monaghan