School: Star of the Sea, Glengivney (roll number 12334)
- Location:
- Glennagiveny, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Brian Mac Giolla Easbuic
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1118, Page 299
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- (continued from previous page)to a lame dog?
Ans. Because he puts down three and carries one.
Q. I went to the woods and got it.
I sat down and looked for it.
I carried it home because I could not get it?
Ans. A thorn in your foot.
Q. The man that made it never wore it and the man that wore it never seen it.
Ans. A coffin.
Q. My master sent me to your master for the lend of the long thing, the strong thing, the hie you get, the hoe you get, the belly band the sinking string the sagging thing, the thing my master sits upon?
Ans. A saddle
Q. My father gave me seed to sow. The seed was w black the ground was white. Riddle me that Saterday?
Ans. A man printing a paper.
Q. Why does a sailor know there is a man in the moon?
Ans. Because he has been to see.
Q. What time is it when the clock strikes thirteen?
Ans. It is time to get her repaired.
Q. What is it that a blind man can not feel but can see.
Ans. A joke.
Q. Although I have neither legs or feet. I am always useful where I go. I have no tongue but get I tell what hunderds want to know.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maura Mc Gonagle
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Meenletterbale, Co. Donegal
