School: Druim an Easbuig
- Location:
- Drumanespick, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Á. Ní Dhálaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1010, Page 178
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- (continued from previous page)6. A leaper of ditches,
A cropped of thorns.
A little brown cow,
With two leather horns.
-A hare
7. Twelve pears hanging high,
Twelve lords passing by,
"Each" took a pear; still eleven hung there
-"Each" was a man's name.
8. Which is the hairiest side of an ass?
- The outside
9. What goes round and round the house and never touches it.
- A knife in a man's pocket,
10. Why does a cow look over the ditch?
- Because she could not look under it.
11. What is full and holds more?
- A pot of potatoes.
12. Why is a shoe maker's house like hell
- Because there are so many bad "soles" (souls) in it.
13. Lazy mother, Hard working father,
And twelve sons like other.
- The clock.
14. Where is neither inside the house nor outside the house?
- The door(continues on next page)
