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School: Fahan Lower (roll number 14506)

Location:
Fahan Lower, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
R. Ó Cléirigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1112, Page 516

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    When is a cow roundest?
    Answer: When she is in a barrel.
    Why is a schoolmaster like a postage stamp?
    Answer: One licks with a stick, and the other sticks with a lick.
    Eyes but cannot see, a tongue but cannot speak. What is it?
    Answer: A Shoe
    Why is a hen sitting on top of a five barred gate like a penny?
    Answer: Because there is a head on one side, and a tail on the other.
    Why does a cow look over the wall?
    Answer: Because she cannot see through it.
    Black and white and red all over. What is it?
    Answer: A Newspaper.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Lillie Eakin
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Luddan, Co. Donegal