School: Ballinamore (B.) (roll number 2820)
- Location:
- Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seán Heslin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0224, Page 239
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- 220 Q. What has as many windows as there are stars in the sky?
A. A Thimble.221 Q. As I went down the road
I met my Uncle Dan.
I cut his throat
I suck his blood and left him lying easy?
A. A Blackberry.222 Q. Big-bellied mother,
Long-legged father,
and the three children?
A. A pot, a pot-hooks and the legs.223 Q. What can jump and cannot walk and can squeal and cannot talk.
A. A Frog.224 Q. What travels the land and does not touch the land?
A. A calf in a cow.
- Collector
- Joe Harkin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tonlegee, Co. Leitrim
