School: Ardaghy, Omeath
- Location:
- Ardaghy, Co. Louth
- Teacher: B. Mac Craith
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- Q (1) What is the lightest penny-worth in the world?
A A stamp.Q (2) As black as silk, and as white as milk and it hops on the road like hail-stones?
A A magpie..Q (3) Why does a cow look over the ditch?
A Because she can’t look under it..Q (4) Forty sheep went through a gap, forty more followed that, six, seven ten eleven, three and two how many is that?
A Five.Q (5) Stiff standing in the ground, first white and then red?
A A carrot.Collected by:
Annie Morgan (13 yrs)
Ardaghy.From:
John Morgan R.I.P. age 50 yrs.
Ardaghy (died 24-6-38)4.1.38- Collector
- Annie Morgan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Ardaghy, Co. Louth
- Informant
- John Morgan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Ardaghy, Co. Louth