School: Cúil Mhaoile (Scoil N. Feichín)
- Location:
- Collooney, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Eachmharcaigh
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- (continued from previous page)Q. What is the strongest thing in the world?
A. A snail, because he carries his house on his back.
Q. Spell black water in three letters.
A. Ink
Q. Spell broken down ditch in three letters.
A. Gap
Q. Queen Mary has it before her, King William has it behind him, and King George has not got it at all.
A. "M"
Q. Whitie and Blackie went up a hill. Blackie came down and Whitie stood still.
A. A hen laid an egg. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Josephine Irwin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Billa, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Thomas Irwin
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 49
- Address
- Billa, Co. Sligo