School: Drumgossatt (C.)
- Location:
- Drumgoosat, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Áine Nic Ghráinne
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How many sides are on a bucket?
Two, the inside and the outside.
Why does a hen pick a bucket?
Because she cant lick it.
Why does a cow look over a ditch?
Because she cannot look under it.
How far can a dog run into a field?
As far as the middle and he has to go out the other side.
What is it that God cannot do?
Lift a baldy man by the hair of the head.
The man that made it never wore it
and the man that wore it never saw
it?
A Coffin.
A bit of wood, a bit of (fire)wire, a little house without a fire?
A birds cage.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Bridie Finnegan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derrynaglah, Co. Monaghan