School: Béal Átha Conaill (2)
- Location:
- Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: M. Laing
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0968, Page 013
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- (continued from previous page)Because he never appears until the storm is over.
Says the child to it's father how does it come that you are my father and I am not your son?
Because it was a daughter.
Hairy in and hairy out and hairy in a cat's mouth?
A cat eating a mouse.
What sleeps in the corner?
The twig.
What goes through the wood and through the wood and never touches it?
A knife in a man's pocket.
What part of a cow goes into the byre first?]
Her breath.
What side of a cup is the handle on?
The outside.]How many sides has a cup?
Two; the outside and inside.
Why does a horse look a cross a ditch?
Because he cant look under it.
What is the resemblance between an old woman and a window?
Both of them had pains.
What stands on one leg with it's heart in it's head?
A head of cabbage.
Thin at the top and thick at the bottom and hairy all over the root?
A cow's horns.(continues on next page)
