School: Achadh Bolg (roll number 3588)
- Location:
- Aghabullogue, Co. Cork
- Teacher: (name not given)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0343, Page 355
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- (continued from previous page)A. Death.
Q. If you and a goose were up in a castle how would you get down.
A. Pluck her.
Q. It is in the bolster but not in the bed. It is in the brain but not in the head. It is in the minister but not in the people. It is in the Church but not in the steeple.
A. The letter r.
Q. Twenty six (sick) sheep in a field one died how many were left.
A. Nineteen.
Q. The more you take from it the bigger it get.
A. A hole.
Q. Constantinople is a very big word if you cant spell it you are a very big dunce.
A. It.
Q. Spell tumble down ditch in three letters.
A. Gap.
Q. Ink, ank under the bank ten drawing four.
A. A woman milking a cow.
- Informant
- D. O' Sullivan
- Address
- Woodfield, Co. Cork
