School: Mullagh (B)
- Location:
- Mullagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: James Drury
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- (continued from previous page)What goes up when the rain comes down? An Umbrella.Why does a hen pick a pot? Because she cannot lick it.When does a person eat a piece of furniture? When he eats a vega-table.What goes round the house all day and sleeps in the corner at night? A Broom.Why does a cow look over the ditch?
Because she cannot look under it.The more you take you leave behind. A footstep.What goes from town to town without walking? A Road.A lazy father, a hard working mother, and twelve children all the same colour.
A Clock.A messenger from house to house and stays out(continues on next page)- Collector
- Freddie Deignan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Mullagh, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mr Deignan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Mullagh, Co. Cavan