School: Scoil an Chlochair, Cappamore
- Location:
- Cappamore, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: An tSr. Fionntán
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0520, Page 250
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- (continued from previous page)a spoon full? Air.
What is the longest word in the English language?
The word smiles, because there is a mile betweenthe first and last letter.
What letter makes Mary marry?
The letter r
Too short cut a bit off, and it's long enough?
A grave
What word with seven letters spelled backwards and forwards is the same?
Reviver
Where did the soldier go after a long March?
He went into April.
What goes up when the rain comes down?
An Umbrella.
If there was a wall built from this to Limerick, what height would it be?
The height of nonsense.
What eye couldn't wink?
They eye of a needle.
Black and white went up the hill, black came down and white stood still?
A black hen laid an egg.
When does the rain remind us of a teapot?
When it is pouring.
Which of the apostles wore the biggest hat?
The one with the biggest head.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eibhlís Ní hUmfraidh
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 11
- Address
- Cappamore, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Seán Mac Umfraidh
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 32
- Address
- Cappamore, Co. Limerick
