School: Scoil na mBráthar Sligeach (Sráid na Céibhe) (roll number 16585)
- Location:
- Quay Street, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: An Br. Ó Cearbhaill
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0161, Page 137
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- 1. Q. It is got in the wood and played in the streets and earned many a shilling or half-crown?
A. A fiddle.
2. Q. What wears boots and has no feet?
A. The ground.
3. Q. What turns without moving?
A. The milk turns sour.
4. Q. Round the house and round the house and (never) stands at the back door?
A. A brush.
5. Q. What did Adam plant in the garden of Eden first?
A. His feet.
6. Q. What part of the house can you turn?
A. The corner.
7. Q. What is a footless stocking without a leg?
A. Nothing.
8. Q. What goes under and over the cart and it can't go without it?
A. The noise.
9. Q. What part of a cow goes through a gap first?
A. Her breath.
10. Q. Why is a baker a foolish fellow?
A. Because he gives away what he kneads.
11. Q. What is not and never will be?
A. A mouse's nest in a cat's ear.(continues on next page)
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- Donal Gilmartin
- Gender
- Male
- Collector
- James Mc Caul
- Gender
- Male
- Collector
- James Murray
- Gender
- Male
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- James Quinn
- Gender
- Male
- Collector
- Niall Mullaney
- Gender
- Male
- Collector
- Tadg Mulvey
- Gender
- Male
