School: Cullies
- Location:
- Cullies, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: James Clarke
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1014, Page 121
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- Riddle me riddle me andy o'my father gave me some seed to sow the seed was black the ground was white riddle me that and I will give you a pipe. A pen, ink and paper.
Who is he that may marry many a wife and yet life single all his life. A priest.
Patch upon patch without any stitches riddle me that and I will buy you a pair of breeches. A head of cabbage.
Why does a hen pick a pt. Because she cant like it
Why does a cow lie down. Because she cannot sit down.
Why does a cow look over the ditch. because she cannot look under it.
Why does a tramp wear short coat. Because it will be long enough before he gets a new one. If a man has a coat with forty patches on it what time it it? Time to get a new one. I went up the road and down the road and took the road on my back. A ladder.
As round as an apple as flat as a pan (can) on one side a woman on the other side a man. A penny. What is it a cat has but no(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie Magorry
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cullies, Co. an Chabháin
