School: Ráth na Loch (C.), Fearann Fuar (roll number 17000)
- Location:
- Ranalough, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Aodhgáin
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- (continued from previous page)Ans. Because she could'nt lick it.
(5) I went to the wood and got it, I sat down but could not find it. I brought it home and threw it into the fire and burned it. Ans A thorn.
(6) As round as a marble, as flat as a pan half of a woman and all a man.
Ans. A halfpenny.
(7) What is the busiest letter.
Ans. "E", because it is the beginning of everything
(8) What goes in the door before you.
Ans. Your breath.
(9) What is it that has a mouth but never speaks, a bed but never sleeps.
Ans. A river.
(10) What tune makes everybody glad.
Ans. A fortune.
(11) As I was going to the fair of Athy I met 40 tinkers and their wives, each wife had a cat and each cat a kitten. How many was going to the fair of Athy.
Ans. Myself.
(12) Why is the letter "F" like a cow's tail.
Ans Because it is the end of beef.- Collector
- Nora Butler
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ranalough, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Thomas Butler
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Ranalough, Co. Kerry