School: Ardaghy, Omeath
- Location:
- Ardaghy, Co. Louth
- Teacher: B. Mac Craith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0658, Page 098
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- Q (1) Why are a watch and a river the same?
A Because they never go far without winding.
Q (2) Why is Sunday the strongest day in the week?
A Because the rest are all weak days.
Q (3) As I went into the wood of St.Ives I met a man with seven wives, and every wife had seven sacks, every sack had seven cats, every cat had seven kittens, cat, sacks and wives how many went into the wood of St. Ives?
A Myself.
Q (4) It goes with the train, it stops with the train, it is no good to the train and train cannot go without it?
A Noise?.
Q (5) It is red, purple, yellow and gold, the king can’t get it or the queen?
A The rainbow.
Q (6) Tháinig éan gan eite, agus luigh sé le taoibh a croighe, tháinig éan gan bheal, agus d’ith sé an t-éan gan eite?
A A snowflake.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Mc Quaid
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Ardaghy, Co. Louth
- Informant
- Sarah Mc Quaid
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 74
- Address
- Ardaghy, Co. Louth
