School: Maigh Locha (Buachaillí)
- Location:
- Moylough, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Muiris Ó Héigeartaigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0081, Page 008
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- 1 What is always with the cart and it is no use to it and it cannot go without it? Noise
2 Why is a black hen cleverer than a white hen? Because the black hen can lay white eggs and a white hen cannot lay black eggs.
3 A little white house full of meat and there is no windows or windows to let me in to eat? An egg
4 What walks with his head down?
A stud in a boot.
5 What is one half of the moon like?
It is like the other half.
6 Long legs crooked thighs bald head and no eyes? A tongs
7 As round as an apple as deep as a cup and all the Kings horses could not pull it up?
The sun shining in a well.
8 As round as an apple as flat as a pan one side a woman and the other side a man? A penny(continues on next page)
