School: Naomh Pádraig, Carrowmena (roll number 16787)
- Location:
- Ceathrú Meánach, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Teacher: Pádraig S. Ó Cathain
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1118, Page 391
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- Twenty four white cows tied to a stake,
Round comes the red bull and gives them all a slake?
Ans. Your teeth and tongue.
What works all day and sleeps at night?
Ans. A man's shoe.
What sleeps with its head down?
An. A nail in a shoe.
What goes round the house and round the house and lays an egg in every hole?
Ans. Hailstones
As I went up London Street I met a London scholar,
I hit him a lick with a lump of a stick,
And what was the name of the scholar?
Ans. Alick.
Why does a pipe smoke?
Ans. Because it cannot chew.
What has eyes and cannot see, a friend to you and a friend to me?
Ans. A potato.
Why does a cow look over a hill?
Ans. Because she cannot look through it.
Why is a black hen smarter than a white hen?
Ans. Because a black hen can lay a white(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Mac Feely
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ceathrú Meánach, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Informant
- Mrs Rose Farren
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Ceathrú Meánach, Co. Dhún na nGall
