School: Ballybay (Hall St.) (roll number 12378)
- Location:
- Ballybay, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: C. Ó Maonaigh
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- Q What's in all day and out all night.
A The latch of the door.
Q What goes round the wood and never goes into the wood.
A A spool and thread.
Q When is a door not a door.
A When it's ajar.
Q Alive in the front, dead in the middle and christened behind.
A A plough- Collector
- John Dixon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballybay, Co. Monaghan
- Q When is a cow not a cow.
A When she is turned into a field.
Q I ran till I got it, I sat down and looked for it, and I couldn't get it.
A A thorn in my foot.
Q Why does a hen lay an egg.
A Because she can't lay a brick.
Q Who wears the biggest hat in London.
A The man with the biggest head.
Q What goes up the ladder with it's head down(continues on next page)- Collector
- George Wiley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Corfad, Co. Monaghan