School: Foynes (C.) (roll number 2814)
- Location:
- Foynes, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Eithne Ní Mhaidín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0483, Page 011
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- Q = Why do a hen pick a pot.
A = Because she cannot lick it.
Q = Why is the letter D like a cross child.
A = Because it makes ma mad.
Q = Jenny white petticoat Peggy red nose the longer she lives the shorter she (lives) grows.
A = A candle.
Q = What gets bigger the more you take out of it.
A = A hole.
Q = When is a Queen like a piece of wood.
A = When she is a ruler.
Q = Why do a dog cross the road.
A = To get to the other side
Q = How far can a fox go into the wood.
A = Half way because he would go out the other side.
Q = How many sides in a bucket.
A = Two, the inside and the outside.
Q = As I looked out my window I saw the dead carrying the alive.
A = A boat with passengers.
Q = As I looked out my window I saw whitey running away with whitey and I called whitey to make whitey leave whitey alone.
A = A white goat running away with a white head of cabbage and I called the white dog to tell the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eibhlis de Phoire
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- John Scully
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 93
- Address
- Foynes, Co. Limerick
