School: Bredagh Glen (roll number 14635)
- Location:
- Bredagh Glen, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1118, Page 114
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- Q. Question A. Answer
Q. Hairy out and hairy in all hair and no skin?
A. A stocking
Q. What has hands but can't wash it's face?
A. A clock.
Q. Long legs, short thighs, wee head and no eyes?
A. A pair of tongs.
Q. Why is a black hen wiser than a white hen?
A. Because a black hen can lay a white egg but a white hen can't lay a black egg.
Q. What is left on the table, and cut, but never eaten?
A. A pack of cards
Q. What goes round the house and round the house and lays an egg in every [?] hole?
A. Hailstones
Q. A little round and white house and it is full of meat but has no doors or windows to let you in to eat?
A. An egg.
Q. If I built a house from here to the Co. Derry(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Siubhan Ní Catháin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Moville, Co. Donegal
