School: Domhnach Mór (roll number 6185)
- Location:
- Donaghmore Glebe, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Teacher: Miss R. M. Robb
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1099, Page 9A
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- 1. What has wings and cannot fly? A Cart
2. I go up the path and I come down the path and then I take the path on my back? A ladder.
3. What makes a river lazy?
It runs on its bed.
4. What has an eye and cannot see? A needle.
5. What is round and goes round? Money.
6. What goes round the house with a flock of harrows after her? A hen with a flock of birds.
7. I made a thing and I made it too small and I cut a bit off it and made it longer? A grave.
8. Why does a cow look over the hill? Because she cannot look through it.
9. What has ears and cannot hear A stalk of corn.
- Collector
- Sarah Torrens
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Leaght, Co. Dhún na nGall
