School: Abbey (Naomh Feichín)
- Location:
- Abbey, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Séan de Paor
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0052, Page 0205
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- 1. What goes up when the rain comes down? Umbrellas.
2. What goes in and out and never goes out the door? The crane
3. What half of a loaf is most like it? The other half.
4. Spell red rogue of the world in three letters? Fox.
5. Spell scrape of the garden in three letters? Hen.
6. Forty white horses upon a red hill them all the same colour and what is the rill? Your teeth in your gums.
7. Why does a cow look over the hill? Because she can't look under it.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Kate Joynt
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Conicar, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Michael Joynt
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Conicar, Co. Galway
