School: Cill Cruain (B)
- Location:
- Ballyglass South, Co. Galway
- Teacher: -
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0016, Page 406
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- (continued from previous page)10. What gets wet with the drying? A towel.
11. If I bought two tons of coal for one pound seventeen and six pence, what would six tons come to? Ashes.
12. Flys high, flys low wears shoes and has none. A football.
13. A little thing smaller than a mouse and it has windows than the King's house. A thimble.
14. Why does a hen pick the pot? Because she can not lick it.
15. Spell a broken down ditch in three letters. Gap.
16. A little wood, a little wire, a small house and no fire. A cage.
17. What goes up the hill and down the and yet stands still? A road.
18. Black and white and red all over. A newspaper.
19. Which is the road to kill cock? Strike him on the head.
20. Little Red Nancy sitting in the corner eats all she gets but drinks none at all. A fire.
- Collector
- John Keane
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Turlough, Co. Galway
- Informant
- John Brennan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Knockogonnell, Co. Galway
