School: Freshford (C.) (roll number 797)
- Location:
- Freshford, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Síle Ní Mheachair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0866, Page 309
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- (continued from previous page)Q. A houseful and a roomful and you could not catch a spoonful?
A. Smoke.
Q. How many sprigs go to build a crow's nest?
A. No sprigs go - the crow carries them.
Q. A hard-working father, a lazy old mother and twelve children dressed in black?
A. A clock.
Q. Why does a cow look over the ditch?
A. Because she can't look under it?
Q. How many sides to a cock of hay?
A. Two, the outside and the inside?
Q. Why does a cow dribble?
A. Because she can't spit.
Q. If a shovel and a poker would amount to four shillings, what would a ton of coal amount to?
A. To ashes.
Q. What did Gandy buy the four half-penny candles for?
A. 2d.
A. Where was moses when the light went out?
A. In the dark.
Q. It's under the ground, it's over the ground, and still never touches the ground?
A. A pipe in a miner's pocket.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Lizzie Hogan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Freshford, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Anne Crosby
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 78
- Address
- Clintstown, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- John Crosby
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 78
- Occupation
- Farm-labourer
- Address
- Clintstown, Co. Kilkenny
