School: Ballynacargy (C.) (roll number 7893)
- Location:
- Ballynacarrigy, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Óda
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0740, Page 339
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- (continued from previous page)What has an eye but never cries?
A Needle.
Riddle me riddle me Randy O. My father had some seeds to sow. The seeds were black and the ground was white riddle me that and riddle it right.
Writing a letter.
Constantinople is a very big word if you cannot spell it you are the biggest dunce in the world?
It.
As I went up a slippery gap. I met my Auntie Mary. She had timber toes and an iron nose and upon my word she would frighten the crows what is that?
A Gun.
What is the height of ignorance?
To throw a stone into an empty well and to wait to hear the splash.
What is the height of nonsense?
To hire a car and to walk behind it.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Barry
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Ballynacarrigy, Co. Westmeath
