School: Páirc an Iarla (roll number 9303)
- Location:
- Rathpeak, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Maonaigh
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- Question Three dogs went along the road one Thrip Trae and traveler and which was the bitches name
Answer Which was his name
Q. What is it the more you take out the more comes in
A. A well " Because the more you take out the more comes in.
Q. What's over us all
A. The sky.
Q. What is a herring worth when he is half ate.
A. He is worth turning.
Q. When is a gander the goose.
A. When he is cooked on the table.
Q. Which of a ton of potatoes or a ton of feathers is the lightest.
A. There are the same.
Q. Where was Moses when the light went out
A. He was in the dark.
- Informant
- Tom Murray
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rathpeak, Co. Roscommon
