School: Clonrye
- Location:
- Clonrye, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: S. Ó Mearáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0947, Page 315
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- Why does a hen pick a pot.
Because she cannot lick it.Q: My granny she loves me - round and round the table she shoves me with a smile of good luck upon her brow.
Ans: A tea-pot.Q: Little Jinnie huddle she sits in a puddle a green coat and a white petticoat.
Ans: A rush bush.Q. Little Jinnie huddle she sits in a puddle the longer she sits the shorter she gets.
Ans: A candle.Q: Two legs sat upon three legs with one leg on his knee. Up came four legs picked up one leg. Up jumped two legs picked up three legs fired after four legs and got his own leg back again.
Ans: There was a man sitting on a three legged stool with a (man) leg of mutton on his knee. A dog came up and stole it. Then the man fired the stool after the dog and got the mutton back again.Q: As sound as an oven as flat as a pan a whole woman and a half man.
Ans: A penny.
