School: St Brigid's, Castleknock
- Location:
- Castleknock, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: Mrs Thornton
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0790, Page 200
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“Its black its white and its read all over.”
(continued from previous page)killed two how many were left.There were two because he other four flew away.
This laid on a table its always cut but never eaten. A pack of playing cards .
Whats the difference between a lady and a mirror. One speaks without reflecting and the other reflecting without speaking.
What goes up and down and never tips the ground . A hurdle.
What county is on a bottle. County Cork.
When is a rock not a rock . When its shamrock.
What goes under the water and over the water and never gets wet. A negg and a ducks bellie.
What has one head and one heart A mushroom.
What has one head and one heart and one leg A head of cabbage.
As black as ink as white as milk and it hops on the road like hailstones
A magpie
When is shoemaker dying .When he' s preparing the sole for the last. Long legs short thighs little head(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eileen Morrison
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Clonsilla, Co. Dublin
- Informant
- Mrs Morrison
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clonsilla, Co. Dublin