School: Claonar agus Carraig, Cill an Mhuilinn
- Location:
- Killavullen, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Síothcháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0372, Page 231
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- Q. As black as soot as white as snow and it hops on the road like hailstone.A. A Magpie.Q. I threw it up as white as milk and it came down as yellow as gold.A. An egg.Q. Why does a cow look over the ditch?A. Because she couldn't look under it.Q. Why does a chicken cross the road?A. To get to the other side.Q. Under water and over water but never touches the water.A. The moonQ. As round as a marble as flat as a pan the half of a woman the whole of a man.A. A pennyQ.The man that made it didn't want it and the man that used it didn't see it.A. A coffin.Q. There was seven crows in a field a man shot four how many were left.A. Four, the four that were shot.Q. What weight is the moonA. Four QuartersQ. What would you see people drink soup with.A. With your eyes.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maureen Burke
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cooldurragha, Co. Cork
- Informant
- William Burke
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Cooldurragha, Co. Cork
