School: Caiseal (roll number 16085)
- Location:
- Cashel, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Pádraig Mac Mághnuis
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- (continued from previous page)was in Dandy hill was gathered in a heapeen. Ans. A man winnowing oats.
11. It is round the wood and round the wood but never gets into the wood.
Ans = A branch of a tree.
12. What is the dirtiest thing in the house. Ans = The clock because it never washes its face.
13. It is neither inside nor outside but it is under the roof of the house.
The window
14. What is the first thing a cobler needs to make a pair of shoes.
A last.
15. It is under the fire and over the fire and it is not troubling the fire at all.
Ans A cake in an oven.
16. When does a stream stop flowing down a hill.
Ans= When it reaches the bottom.
17. As I was going to the fair I met(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie Moore
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cashel, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs Anne Moore
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrowcanada, Co. Mayo
