School: Carrigabruise
- Location:
- Carrigabruse, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: P. Mc Enrae
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0999, Page 166
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- (continued from previous page)is that?
A:- Five.
Q:- What goes round and round the floor and sleeps in the corner at night?
A:- A broom.
Q:- What always walks with its head down?
A:- A nail in the sole of a boot.
Q:- if a fellow met a fellow in a field of corn, could a fellow tell a fellow what a fellow means. How many "f's" in that?
A:- None.
Q:- Humpty dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty dumpty got a great fall. All the king's horses and all the King's men could not put Humpty together again?
A:- A broken egg.
Q:- Black and white and read (red) all over?
A:- A newspaper.
- Q:- Twenty sick (six) sheep went out a gap, one died - how many came back?
A:- Nineteen.
Q:- In a meadow there is a table, and in the table there is a drawer, and in the drawer there is a cup and in the cup there is a sup and every one must taste it?(continues on next page) - Collector
- Celia Lynch
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Stramatt, Co. Cavan
