School: Gleann an Chairthe (roll number 13345)
- Location:
- Glencar, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seán Mag Ualghairg
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0193, Page 228
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- (continued from previous page)Q. Spell a live mouse trap in three letters
A. A cat
Q. What goes through the wood and never touches the wood?
A. A knife in a man's pocket
Q. What's the scariest thing in the world
A. A mouse's nest in a cat's ear
Q. What goes up the ladder with its head down?
A. A nail in a man's shoe.
Q. What has a head and a foot and four legs?
A. A bed
Q. What is a bridge on the lake without stick or stone?
A. Ice
Q. What grows in the wood and sounds in the town and earns its master many a pound?
A. A fiddle
Q. Head without hair teeth without lips long body and no hips?
A. A rake
Q. My back is bare my belly is thin and I carry my guts outside of my skin?
A. A fiddle
Q. What goes around the world with its(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Brendan Ruddy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Tawnymoyle, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Bernard Ruddy
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Occupation
- Feirmeoir
- Address
- Tawnymoyle, Co. Leitrim
