School: Toomore (roll number 16401)
- Location:
- Toomore, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Tomás Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0154, Page 77
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- 25. Sín amach mo mháthair mór agus i ag dabhdaireacht ag dabhdaireacht.
Cearc tar éis ubh a bhreith.
26. What is the difference between a dog and a tree?
Both looses their bark when dead.
27. Why is O the largest letter in the alphabet.
Because there is no end to it.
28. I have a room full and I cannot take a spoonful.
So Smoke.
29. As White as milk and milk it is not, as green as grass and grass it is not, as red as blood and blood is not, as black as ink and ink it is not.
A blackberry.
30 Patch upon patch without any stitches riddle me that and I will buy you a breeches.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Pádraic Mac an Ultaigh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rinbrack, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Brighidh Bean Uí hÉilighe
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Cloonmung, Co. Mayo
