School: Drumraney (roll number 13571)
- Location:
- Drumraney, Co. Westmeath
- Teachers: Ml Mc Garry Alice Mc Garry
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0747, Page 509
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R- What insect does the blacksmith manufacture?
A- He makes fire fly.
R- What is that which rises and falls, wears out boots and yet has never any boots to wear.
A- A football.
R- What is most like a cat looking out of a window.
A- A cat looking in.
R- How long did Bain hate his brother.
A- As long as he was Abel.
R- Why is a donkey looking over a gate like a halfpenny.
A- Because there is a tail on one side and a head on the other.
R- I went to the wood and I got it and sat me down to look at it, the more I looked at it the less I liked it and I brought it home with me because I could not help it.
A- A thorn.
R- What goes up the ladder with its head down.
A- A nail in a man's foot.
R- Why is a bar of toffey like a race horse.
A- The more you lick it that faster it goes.
R- A little wood a little wire a little house without a fire.
A- A bird's cage.
R- I have a little sister with a red nose the longer she sits the shorter she grows.
A- A candle.
Written by= Maire Mc Garry, Drumraney, Moate.
Collected by= Joseph Pugent, Toorbeg, Moate."
- Collector
- Maire Mc Garry
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumraney, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Joseph Nugent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Toorbeg, Co. Westmeath
