School: Mullagh (B)
- Location:
- Mullagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: James Drury
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- (continued from previous page)at night. A path.Why does a hen go across the road? To get to the other side.Riddle - me, Riddle-me-ree. What has an eye and cannot see? A Needle.As white as snow and snow it is not, as green as grass and grass it is not, as red as blood and blood it is not, as black as ink and ink it is not. A black berry.As round as an apple as flat as a pan one side a woman and the other side a man. A penny.As round as an apple as deep as a cup and all the men in Derry couldn't pull it up. A well.At what time was Adam married? Upon his wedding Eve.It hangs and bears and never bloosoms. A pot crook.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Freddie Deignan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Mullagh, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mr Deignan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Mullagh, Co. Cavan