School: Clochar Nuala, Dún na nGall (roll number 9389)
- Location:
- Dún na nGall, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Teacher: An tSr. Eanda le Muire
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1034, Page 33
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- Q Why does the hen cross the road?
A To get to the other side.
Q Why is a slab of toffee like a racehorse
A The more you lick it the quicker it runs.
Q What is that, it grows in the wood.
plays in the town, and earns its master many a pound?
A A fiddle.
Q Why is the sea angry?
A Because it is crossed so many times.
Q Flies high, lights low, cuts the grass, but never mows?
A Frost.
Q The man that made it did not want it, the man that bought it did not want it, the man it was for, did not see it.
A A coffin.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maraide Mc Collion
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Droim Bairr, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Informant
- Aggie Mc Collion
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Droim Bairr, Co. Dhún na nGall
