School: Drom Dhá Liag (C.) (roll number 12230)
- Location:
- Drom Dhá Liag, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Dhrisceoil
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- (continued from previous page)Q. A man went away on Sunday he stayed away for a month how could that be
A. Sunday was the name of his horse
Q. Two little ladies dressed in white one got the fever and died last night
A. A candle
- Ques. Ink, ank, under a bank, ten drawing four.
Ans. A person milking a cow.
Ques. Why is not your nose twelve inches long
Ans. Because it would be a foot then.
Ques. What runs but cannot walk
Ans. Water flowing from a tap.
Ques. What key is the best for locking the tongue
Ans. The whist-key
Ques. What is it that never was, or never will be.
Ans. A mouse's nest, in a cat's ear.
Ques. What are three letters that would frighten a thief
Ans. I.C.U. (I see you)
Ques. Why is a road like a watch
Ans. Because they both go winding
Ques. I went upstairs, I looked out the window, and I saw the dead carrying away the living.
Ans. A train - Collector
- Nora O' Neill
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Garrán Theas, Co. Chorcaí
