School: Carrigaline (C.) (roll number 13513)
- Location:
- Carrigaline, Co. Cork
- Teachers: Mrs O' Sullivan Mrs Tully
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0392, Page 102
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- (continued from previous page)Q How many wells would make a river
A. One if it was large enough.
Q What has four fingers, and a thumb
A. A glove.
Q Two little sisters all dressed in white, one got the fever and she died last night?
A. Two candles.
Q What would make more noise out side a gate, than a hungry pig.?
A. Two hungry pigs.
Q What head is it, that they cannot make a hat for.?
A. Old Head of Kinsale.
Q What mouth is it. that they cannot make a set of false teeth for?
A. The mouth of the Lee.
Q When is a man, head and heels in debt?
A When his hat and boots are not paid for.
Q Eliza, Elizabeth Betty and Bess went down to the river to seek a bird's nest, they found a bird's nest with four eggs in it they took one each how many was in it?(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peggy Conroy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilmoney, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr Michael Tobin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 68
- Address
- Kilmoney, Co. Cork
