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 128
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- Q. As black as ink and ink it isn't, as white as milk and milk it isn't, and it goes over the hill like hailstones.
A. A magpie
Q. Why does a cow look over a fence?
A. Because she can't see through it.
Q. I went to the wood and found it. I sat down and looked for it, I took it home because I couldn't find it.
A. A thorn in my foot.
Q. Patch upon patch without any stitches.
A. A head of cabbage
Q. Why does a hen pick a pot
A. Because she cannot lick it
Q. Hairy out and hairy in all hair and no skin.
A. A stocking.
Q. Why does a hen cross the road?
A. To get to the other side of it.
Q. Twenty-four white heifers tied to a stack round came the red bull and gave them all a lick
A. A set of teeth and the tongue
Q. What makes a cat speak?
A. The letter h (c(h)at).
- Collector
- Eibhlín Ní Cathain
- Gender
- Female
