School: Carron / Carthan (roll number 7573)
- Location:
- Carran, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Muirthille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0616B, Page 05_012
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- Q What goes round the wood and round the wood and never gets into the wood.
A The bark of a tree.
Q Why does an ass eat thistles.
A Because he is an ass.
Q Why is a black hen cleverer than a white hen.
A Because the black hen can law a white egg and the white hen cannot lay a black egg.
Q Why does a dog wheel round three times before he lies down.
A To find the head of his bed.
Q It's black it's white and it's read all over.
A The newspaper.
Q Why does a hen pick a pot.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Tomás Ó Lochlainn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Castletown, Co. Clare
