School: Calfield
- Location:
- Calf Field or Aghadrumgowna, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T. Ó Rathsile
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- (continued from previous page)what is black and white and read all over? the paper
I have a little cow, and she stands by the wall, give her straw, give her hay, and she will eat it all, give her water and she will die, give her wind and she will fly 'the fire'
The more you take from it the larger it gets - a well
what is neither inside or outside and yet is very useful to the house - a window
Three sisters went by the hospital one day. One said to the other I must go in here to see my sister's child and the other said I must go in to see my sister's child also. The other said god help me as I have no sister's child to go in to see, how does it come and they were three sisters - she was the child's mother
What is it that no-body likes to have, and when they have it they don't like to loose it - a balled head
How would you make trousers last - by making the coat and waistcoat first.
What part of a cow goes into the byre first - her breath
