School: Foynes (C.) (roll number 2814)
- Location:
- Foynes, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Eithne Ní Mhaidín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0483, Page 031
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- Q - Eleven men passing by, eleven pears hanging high, each man took a pear still there was eleven there.
Ans = Eleven was the man’s name.
Q - The King of Morocco sent home to his wife a bottomless cup to fill it with flesh.
Ans = A Ring.
Q - Where was Moses when the light went out.
Ans = In the dark.
Q - What is the smallest room in the world.
Ans = A mushroom.
Q - There was a little house, and a mouse could not fit in it, all the men in town could not count all the windows in it.
Ans = A Thimble.
Q - As round as a marble, as deep as a cup, and all the Kings army could not get it up.
Ans = A spring well.
Q - Eliza, Lizzie, Bet, Betty, and Bes went over the sea to rob a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máire Ní Séoighe
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mr C. O Mally
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 72
- Address
- Foynes, Co. Limerick
