School: Roundwood
- Location:
- Roundwood, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Peadar Réamonn
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- (continued from previous page)What has a swelled head and stands on one leg? A head of cabbage.
What part of a town do people turn in their doors? The Quay (key).
A man bought a ton of coal for six pounds and paid then shillings for carriage what did it come to? Ashes
What is brought to the table cut and never eaten? A deck of cards.
What are the bigest ants? Giants.
What grows longer by cutting the two ends off it? A grave.
As I was going to St. Ives I met a man with seven wives. The seven wives had seven sacks in the sacks were seven cats the seven cats had seven kittens; between sacks, cats, kittens and wives how many were going to St. Ives? One
Why is the crow a sensible bird?
Because he never complains without cause(caws).
- Collector
- Christina Pierce
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Raheen, Co. Wicklow
- Informant
- Mrs Byrne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Raheen, Co. Wicklow
