School: Asdee (B.) (roll number 10501)
- Location:
- Astee, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Eamonn Ó Muircheartaigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0402, Page 164
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- (continued from previous page)Q. As round as an egg, as deep as a cup, and all the men in Kerry could not take it up?
A. A well.
Q. As white as milk, as black as ink, and it hops on the ground like hail-snow?
A. A magpie.
Q. Why does a cow look over a ditch?
A. Because she cannot look under it.
Q. Timber toes, iron nose, and upon my word he would frighten the crows?
A. A gun.
Q. What do you get when you take it?
A. Your photograph.
Q. Long legs, crooked thighs, small head and no eyes?
A. A tongs.
Q. What is the black sheep with the white fleece?
A. A griddle and a cake of bread.
Q. Three people up on a window, and they are neither men, women nor children?
A. They are a man, woman and child.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Denihan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Kilcolman, Co. Kerry
