School: Easgéiphtine (B.) (roll number 2039)
- Location:
- Askeaton, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Donncha Mac Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0503, Page 171
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- Question:- Riddle me riddle me ankio, my father gave me some seeds to sow, the seeds were black and the ground was white so riddle me that before Saturday night.
Answer:- A pen, ink, and paper.Q. A houseful, a roomful, but you could not get a spoonful.
A. Smoke.Q. There were three people on top of a hill. They were not men, women, or children, what were they.
A. A man, a woman, and a child.Q. Why does a duck cross the road.
A. To get to the other sideQ. What is half of two and two.
A. Three.Q. What is it that I see, you see, but God cannot see
A. Our own equals.Q. Why is a schoolmaster like a train-driver.
A. Because one minds a train and the other trains the mind.Q. I know a little man, he lives in a hall. If you touch him he will roar and(continues on next page)
