School: Ferrybank, Waterford (roll number 14999)
- Location:
- Ferrybank, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: R. Ó Luinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0844, Page 141
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“A black man teaching a white man...”
(continued from previous page)and can not fly? A Shilling.
Riddles
“When was Adam born?”
When was Adam born?
Just a little before Eve.
What goes round the wood and round the wood and never gets into the wood? The bark on a tree.
What always walks with its head down? A nail in your boot.
Why don't they hang a man with a timber leg in Ireland? Because it is easier to hang him with a rope.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Seumas Coffey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ard Mhuire, Co. Waterford
- Informant
- Mr Coffey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ard Mhuire, Co. Waterford