School: Gort na Léime (roll number 13012)
- Location:
- Gortaleam, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Liam Ó Ceallaigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0037, Page 0352
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- Q. The more you cut of it the longer you make it.
A. A grave.
Q. It goes up and down by every house and never goes into any house.
A. A path.
Q. What has an eye but cannot see.
A. A needle.
Q. The longer you leave it the stronger it gets.
A. Tea in a teapot.
Q. What is it a lady looks for but never likes to get
A. A hold in her stocking.
Q. When are soldiers tired.
A. At the end of (their) March.
Q. Who was the smallest man that ever lived
A. The man that slept in his watch.
Q. Why is a horse never hungry.
A. Because she has a bit in her mouth.
Q. It goes round the house a hundred times a day and sleeps behind the door.
A. A Twig.
Q. Nine sods of turf in the fire @ a 1d a sod what will it all come to
A. Ashes.
Q. It is black and white and read all over.
A. A newspaper.
Q. Two "n's" two "o's" and L "and a "D" put them together(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Edward Moore
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Brackloon, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Martin Moore
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Brackloon, Co. Galway
