School: Mín Bán (roll number 15394)
- Location:
- Meenbane, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seosamh Mac Coluim
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1096, Page 360
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- 1. What is black and white and (read) all over?
A newspaper.
2. What turns without moving?
Milk.
3. What sleeps in its own ashes at night?
The fire.
4. A long man legless, headless, came to my door and said. "keep in your hens and your ducks. I'm not afraid of your dog?"
A worm.
5. What is in the shop that cannot be sold? What is in the bog that cannot be cut?
The sun.
6. What is full and can hold more?
A pot of potatoes.
7. What is all holes and can hold in water?
A sponge.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael O' Duffy
- Gender
- Male
