School: Mc Kelvey's Grove (roll number 9130)
- Location:
- Loughbrattoge, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Eva Campbell
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- (continued from previous page)How many feet have forty sheep, a shepherd and his dog?
Two feet.I was a thing a month old when Adam was no more, before that I was five weeks old, Adam was four score?
The moon.What Irish county never goes hungry?
Meath.What goes round the wood and round the wood and never goes into the wood?
The bark of a tree.Middy moddy, round body three feet and a wooden hat?
A pot.As round as a moon, as black as soot, one hole in each side and none in the middle?
A griddle.Why does a hen pick a pot?
Because she cannot lick it.What stands out side and feeds inside?
A pig.What goes round the house and peeps in every hole?
The Sun.As round as an apple, as flat as a pan, one(continues on next page)- Collector
- Elizabeth Ross
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Doocharn, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Mina Dickson
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Loughbrattoge, Co. Monaghan