School: Askeaton (B.) (roll number 2039)
- Location:
- Askeaton, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: D. Mac Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0502, Page 295
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- Question: A portrait hung on the wall, the man of the house was asked whom it represented. He answered, brothers and sisters I have none, but that man's father is my father's son. Whose was the portrait?
Answer: It represented his son.Q. What is it that never was and never will be?
A. A mouses nest in a cats ear.Q. As black as ink and white as milk and it hops on the road like hailstones?
A. A magpieQ. Under the water, over the water, and yet it never touches the water?
A. An egg in a duckQ. If a hen and a half, played an egg, and a half, in a day, and a half, how many did she lay in the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Nestor
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Milltown North, Co. Limerick
