School: Bredagh Glen (roll number 14635)
- Location:
- Bredagh Glen, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1118, Page 133
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- (continued from previous page)How many feet has forty sheep, a shepherd and his dog?
Two feet
Headed like a thimble tailed like a rat you may guess forever but you couldn't guess that.
A pipe.
A kitchen full a room full and you couldn't lift a spoonfull?
Smoke.
Why did the penny stamp?
Because the threepenny bit
The beginning of etearnity the end of time and space, the beginning of every end and the end of every place?
The letter "E".
What word of five letters can be made shorter by adding two letters?
The word "short".
Blind men see it, deaf men hear it, rich men want it, poor men have it, what is it?(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Éamonn Ó Catháin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrowblagh or Leckemy, Co. Donegal
