School: Ballyhaise
- Location:
- Ballyhaise, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Thos. Plunkett
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- (continued from previous page)Question: Ridde me Riddle me Randy row my father gave me seeds to sow the seeds were black the ground was white riddle me that and I will give you a pint.
Answer: Pen, ink and paper
Question: Patches up on patches and no stitches
Answer: A head of cabbageGot from: Mosie Ebbit, Knockfad, Ballyhaise, age 70 years
Philomena Mulligan, Knockfad, Ballyhaise, Age 13 years 17th February 1938Question: What was the last animal to leave the Ark
Answer: The Elephant. Because he had to wait to pack his trunk
Question: Why can a man see more with one eye than a man with two eyes.
Answer: Because he can see two eyes in your head and you can only see one in his.
Question: What's cut in the wood and sounds in the town and earns his master many a pound
Answer: A fiddle
Question: What tree bears the most fruit to the market
Answer: The axle tree
Question: I went into the wood and got it I sat down - Question: What was the last animal to leave the Ark
Answer: The Elephant. Because he had to wait to pack his trunk
Question: Why can a man see more with one eye than a man with two eyes.
Answer: Because he can see two eyes in your head and you can only see one in his.
Question: What's cut in the wood and sounds in the town and earns his master many a pound
Answer: A fiddle
Question: What tree bears the most fruit to the market
Answer: The Axle tree
Question: I went into the wood and got it I sat down(continues on next page)- Collector
- Margaret Dennin
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Tonagh, Co. Cavan