School: Gort na Léime (roll number 13012)
- Location:
- Gortaleam, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Liam Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0037, Page 0359
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- (continued from previous page)A. Tea
Q. A houseful a roomful and you couldn't catch a cheerful
A. Smoke
Q. When there are 20 pieces in a panse what time is it
A. Time to get a new one.
Q. When an ass has 3/4 of a turnip eaten what time is it
A. A quarter to ate
Q. What is full of leaves and has no pages
A. a tree
Q
- Q. a duck before two ducks a duck behind two ducks a duck in the middle between two ducks. How many ducks
A. Three
Q. How many tails would reach the moon
A. One if it was long enough.
Q. As I went out a guttery gap I met 25 devilians scraping
A. A harrow
Q. A round as an apple as deep as a cup and all the kings horses would never pull it up
A. A well
Q. A fiddler in Limerick had a brother in Cork(continues on next page) - Collector
- May Burke
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrownagur, Co. Galway
- Informant
- John Burke
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Killuney, Co. Galway
