School: An Pasáiste, Corcaigh
- Location:
- Passage West, Co. Cork
- Teacher: William Meiklejohn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0390, Page 092
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- As I went up a slippery gap I meet my Aunt Joanie. She had iron toes and timber nose and a upon my word She'd frightened the crows? Ans; A gun.
There is something that goes round the house and round the house and stops at the back door? Ans; A broom.
Through a rock a reel through an old spinning wheel, through a basin full of pepper through an old sheep throttle through a horse skin and bone such a riddle was never known? A worm.
What side of the wedding cake is the right side? Ans; The side that is eaten first because the other side is left.
What pupil has no school? Ans: Eye
When is a girl like a ship? When she is tied to aboy.
Why is apostman like a school boy? Ans; Because he carries a sack.
- Collector
- Richard O' Neill
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Tomas O' Neill
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Passage West, Co. Cork
