School: Naomh Pádraig, Carrowmena (roll number 16787)
- Location:
- Ceathrú Meánach, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Teacher: Pádraig S. Ó Cathain
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1118, Page 419
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- (continued from previous page)Ans. A pipe.
What has eyes and cannot see, A friend to you and a friend to me?
Ans. A potato.
Where was Moses when the light went out?
Ans. In the dark.
Spell tumble-down-ditch with three letters?
And Gap.
The full of the house and the full of the room and you couldn't lift a spoonful?
Ans Smoke.
What is the difference between a stamp and a schoolmaster
Ans. The stamp sticks with a lick and the schoolmaster licks with a stick.
Here is a guess you must confess, Jack and Jenny in the press?
Ans. A bottle and a glass.
Why does a train smoke?
Ans. Because it cannot chew.
As I went in Slickery Slap I met a dunty bull. He kicked and I flung if you had been there to see the fun?
Ans. A jag in your foot.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Lafferty
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Cheathrú Bheag, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Informant
- James Faulkner
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 54
- Address
- An Cheathrú Bheag, Co. Dhún na nGall
