School: Cornagilta (roll number 16408)
- Location:
- Cornagilty, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Luke Owens
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0956, Page 176
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- (continued from previous page)A penny.
8. Why did Adam eat the Forbidden Fruit?
Because he couldnt drink it.
9 What is always walking with its head down?
A nail in your boot.
10. Why is a mouse trap like a riddle?
Because there is a catch in it.
11 There was a fiddler in Tydavnet and another in Scotstown and the one in Scotstown said he was a brother to the one in Tydavnet and the one in Tydavnet said he was not a brother to the one in Scotstown and they both were telling the truth how was that?
They were brother and sister.
12 In a room there were four cat's and there was one cat in every corner and one at them all and a cat sitting on every cat's tail how many cats were in the room?
There were four cats in the room.
13 What is under the fire and over the fire and still it never touches it?
A cake in an oven.(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mary A. Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 25
- Address
- Killylough, Co. Monaghan
