School: Carlingford (B.)
- Location:
- Carlingford, Co. Louth
- Teacher: C. Ó Blunaigh
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- 1. Little Jenny city goat, in her white petticoat, the longer she sits, the shorter she growd.
Ans - a candle.2. When is a cow not a cow?
Ans - When she is turned into a meadow.Contributed by James Thornton, Greenore Rd.1. Think of a number, double it, add 25 to it, halve it, take the number that you first thought of from it, and your answer is twelve and a half.
2. As I went up Tara Hill, Tara Hill was shaking, four and twenty blackbirds picking in an acre.
Ans. - A man harrowing a field.3. What is taken from you before you get it?
Answer - Your photo.4. Little white Nancy with a little red nose, the longer she bides the shorter she grows.
Answer - A candle.5. What is full of holes, and yet can hold water.
Answer - A sponge.(continues on next page)- Informant
- Hugh O Rourke
- Gender
- Male