School: Leac Snámha (B.) (roll number 10957)
- Location:
- Lixnaw, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Dáithí. B. Ó Duilleáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0411, Page 037
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- (continued from previous page)What animal is that which goes on four feet in the morning, on two at midday and on three in the evening?-
Answer. Man, because he goes on all fours as a child, on two feet as a young man, and with a staff in old age.
Where did Noah strike the first nail in the Ark?-
Answer. On the head.
What bore the best burden that was ever borne?
Answer. The ass that carried Our Lady when she fled with Our Lord into Egypt.
Why do men make an oven in a town?-
Answer. because they cannot make a town in an oven.
How many calves' tails would it take to reach the moon?-
Answer. One, if the tail be long enough.
- Collector
- Thomas King
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kiltomy, Co. Kerry
