School: Listowel (B.) (roll number 1797)
- Location:
- Listowel, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Brian Mac Mathúna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0405, Page 446
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- Michael O' Brien
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Listowel, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Peggy Connor
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballydonohoe, Co. Kerry
- (2) Q. What is it, the more you cut off the longer it grows?
A. A grave. - (3) Q. There is a man in a field, If I tip his hand his nose will bleed?
A. A pump.
Q. Under the water and over the water, and never touches the water?
A. The girl going over the bridge and a pail of water upon her head.
Q. Father and mother sister and brother out all day cannot catch one another.
A. The four wheels of a motor. - (4) Q. Why does a hen pick a pan? A. Because she cannot lick it.
Q. I have a little house and a mouse couldn't fit in it and all the men in town couldn't count all the windows in it? A. A thimble.
Q. As I went up the hill of wonder, I saw twenty four black birds tearing the hill asunder? A. A harrow.
