School: Naomh Pádraig, Carrowmena (roll number 16787)
- Location:
- Carrowmenagh, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Pádraig S. Ó Cathain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1118, Page 387
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Song (continued)
“Come all ye rakish swell young men that coorts a blooming maid, ¶ Nivir tell your saycret to friend or comerade.”
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- Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat, you may guess for ever, but you will never guess that?
Ans. A pipe.
Twenty-four white cows tied to a stake, round comes the red bull and gives them all a slake?
Ans. Your teeth and tongue.
What runs on one wheel?
Ans. A wheelbarrow.
Why does a duck cross a road?
Ans. To get to the other side.
What has wings and cannot fly?
Ans. A cart.
I have a wee horse with an iron throat and the harder he goes he swallows the rope?
Ans. A spinning wheel.
Which part of the cow goes in the byre first?
Ans. Her breath.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Michael Breslin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrowblagh or Leckemy, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- John Mac Conway
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 42
- Address
- Carrowblagh or Leckemy, Co. Donegal
