School: Carra
- Location:
- Carha, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: P. Ó Tonra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0128, Page 383
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- 1. If a man had eleven sons and each son had a sister, how many in family had he.
Answer = Twelve.
2. God never sees it the king seldoom sees it but we see it every day. Answer.= His own equal.
3. How many nibs would a hen leave on the ground until she has enough eaten. Answer = one
4. How man sides in a cup. Answer. = Two, inside and outside.
5. I know a little well and a bush in the middle and when the well dries the little bush withers.
Answer = A lamp.
6. As I went out the garden I caught a bunch of rods and no one could count them but the hand of God. Answer= The hair of your head.
7. Why does a cow look over the ditch.
Answer=Because she cannot look under it.
8. What has a cart and its no good to it but it cannot go without it. Answer. = Noise.
9. Its as round as an apple as deep as a cup all the men in Derry could not lift it up. Answer.= A spring well.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eileen Judge
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilbride, Co. Mayo
