School: Cluain Tuaiscirt (roll number 1405)
- Location:
- Cluain Tuaiscirt, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Teacher: (ní thugtar ainm)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0029C, Page 05_012
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- 30 "What four odd numbers added together would make fourteen"?
"11, 1, 1, 1."
31 "How many sticks goes to a grows nest"?
"None".
32 "How far could a man go into a wood"?
"As far as the wood goes."
33 "What is that thing when three weeks old Adam was no more and when that thing was five weeks (of) old Adam was no more.?"
"The moon."
34 "Why is the dog like the bark of a three?"
"Because both loose their bark when dead."
35 "Who was the first whistler and what tune did he play?"(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Quinn
- Gender
- Female
