School: Liathdruim (roll number 369)
- Location:
- Leitrim, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: E. Ó Maitiú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0951, Page 221
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- (continued from previous page)As I was going to the fair of St Ives, I met a man with seven wives, each wife had seven cats, each cat had seven kittens, kits, cats, men and wives how many went to the fair of St Ives?
Answer - One went to the fair.
As I was going through a guttery gap I met my uncle Davy. I took off his cap and sucked his blood and left him lying easy.
Answer - A bottle of whiskey.
What is full and holds more?
Answer - A pot of potatoes.
What stands on one leg with its heart up?
Answer - A head of cabbage.
What has one eye and cannot see?
Answer - A needle.
What goes round the house and round the house and sleeps in the corner at night?
Answer - A dish cloth.
What passes and passes you and you never see it?
Answer - The wind.
What chews and cannot eat?
Answer - A scissors.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peter Mc Caffery
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carn, Co. Monaghan
