School: Drumbrade
- Location:
- Drumbrade, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Mac Gabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0992, Page 043
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- What roof covers the most noisy tenant? The roof of the mouth.
When is a sermon like a round shot? When it comes from a canon's mouth.
What is that which never asks any questions and yet requires many answers? A Door Bell.
A duck before two ducks, a duck behind two ducks, a duck in the middle between two ducks. How many ducks are there? Three.
A Jumper of ditches, a clipper of thorns, a little brown cow with two leather horns? A hare.
A musical instrument, a mighty big beast it is the name of a townland not far from this place? Drumlion.
What part of a cow goes into a byre first? Her breath.
Alive before, dead in the middle,(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Caitlín Ní Raghallaigh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrickclevan, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mrs M. Reilly
- Gender
- Female
