School: Carnadough (B.), Newtowncashel
- Location:
- Cornadowagh, Co. Longford
- Teacher: P. Eustace
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0753, Page 433
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- (continued from previous page)dumpty got a great fall, all the kings men or all the Kings horses, would not put humpty, dumpty together again;_ (An egg.
25. A lepper of thorns, and a lepper of ditches, a little brown goat, with two leather horns:-
(A hare)
26. I have a little house and its not fit for a mouse, and there is as many windows in it as there is in the Kings Palace:- (A thimble)
27. I went up the stairs one morning with a box of matches, to light the candle, and to light the fire, which of them did I light first:- (The match).
28. Two black men and two white men went for a drive in a car, the two black men ate one white man, what was the number of the car:- (281)
29. Why is a horse never hungry:- (Because he has a bit in his mouth).
30. A lazy old woman, a hard working father, twelve little children and all the same colour:- (The face of a clock)
31. What is it that is cut and passed and never eaten:- ( a pack of cards).
32. What is it that runs fast and has n feet:- (Water)
33. As white as milk, as black as silk, and hops on the ground like hailstones:- (a magpie)
34. I had a roomful but I could not give a spoonful. (Smoke).
- Collector
- Séamus Mac Suibhne
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derrygowna, Co. Longford
