School: Clashaganny (roll number 8051)
- Location:
- Clashaganny, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Albert Flanagan
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- (continued from previous page)a woman never has it and Mrs Mulligan has it twice
A. Letter – 'L'
Q. What is the cleanest letter in the Alphabet
A. The letter – 'H' because it is in the middle of washing
Q. Two 'O's two 'N's an 'L' and a 'D' put them to gather and spell them for me.
A. London
Q. Father and Mother brother and sister all the Day and can not catch up to each other
A. Wheels of a motor
Q. When was a. beef at it's highest
A. When the cow Jumped over the moon
Q. Two black men and a white man went for a drive in a car. The two black men ate the white one what was the number of the car
A. (Two ate. one) Two eight one
Q. (Neighter) Neither outside Nor inside but still under the roof.
A. A window
Q. Londonderry, Cork, and Kerry spell me that without a k.
A. That
Q. Who is that highly favoured man who marries many a wife and still lives single all his life
A. A priest
- Collector
- Teresa Mc Dermott
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyglass, Co. Roscommon
