School: Foynes (C.) (roll number 2814)
- Location:
- Foynes, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Eithne Ní Mhaidín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0483, Page 015
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- Q What is it that sits in the corner the whole day long eat all it can but drinks nothing at all.
A = Fire.
Q What goes around the house and stops in the corner.
A = Sweeping brush.
Q = It is black it is White and it hops on the road like hailstone.
A = Magpie.
Q = If a cow looked over a wall what part of him would go first.
A = his breath
Q. When is a queen like a piece of Wood.
A = When she is a ruler.
Q. Why is the letter D like a cross child.
A. because she makes ma mad.
- Collector
- Treásá Ní Cinnéide
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Terry Dorman
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Limerick, Co. Limerick
