School: Grangecon
- Location:
- Grange Con, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Ss Ó Maoláin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0916, Page 117
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- Q. What is it that can go up the chimney down but can't go down the chimney up?
A. An umbrella
Q. If a man got 1/1 for walking 1 mile. What would he get for walking 12 miles?
A. Sore feet
Q. If you saw a man with 19 patches on his coat, what time would it be?
A. Time for him to get a new one.
Q. What makes more noise in a parlour than a pig?
A. Two pigs.
Q. Why do hens cross the road?
A. To get to the other side.
Q. How far can a dog go into a wood?
A. Half way (because if he went any further he would be going out of it).
Q. As black as silk
As white as milk
And hops on the road like hail stones.
A. A magpie
Q. Black and white and read (red) all over?
A. A newspaper
Q. Why does a cow look over a ditch?
A. because she can't look under it.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Byrne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Freynestown Upper, Co. Wicklow
- Informant
- James Doyle
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Freynestown Upper, Co. Wicklow
