School: Drummond
- Location:
- Drummin, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: P. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0903, Page 213
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- As black as ink, as white as milk, and it hops on the road like hailstones?
A magpie.
Riddle me, riddle me, ranty o, my father gave me seeds to sow, the seeds were black and the ground was white, riddle me that before to morrow night?
Writing a letter.
If it takes a dog a week to eat a ham how long would it take him to eat a hammer?
All his time.
Where was Adam when the light went out?
In the dark.
What is always behind time?
The back of a clock.
Why is a pig in a kitchen like a house on fire?
Because the sooner it is out the better.
As round as an apple, as flat as a pan on one side a woman and the other side a man?
A penny.
If a farmer raises 20 acres of corn in dry(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bauck, Co. Carlow
- Informant
- Patrick Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Bauck, Co. Carlow
