School: Gaile, Caisleán Mumhan (roll number 15299)
- Location:
- Gaile, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Meachair
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0554, Page 007
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Q. What has a neck and a body and nothing else. A. A bottle
Q. What ship do we all like to avoid.
A. Hardship
Q. It has two feet but cannot walk, it has two hands but cannot work.
A. An alarm clock
Q. The beginning of entry, the end of space and time, the beginning of every end and the end of evety race.
A. The letter "E"
Q. Tom Tom tiddle walking in the puddle with a pair of yellow legs and a green green cap. A. A drake.
Q. As round as a marble as flat as a pan, one side a woman and the other side a man. A. A penny.
Q. What has legs but cannot run.
A. A chair.
Q. What never stops to eat or drink, never goes to bed or sleep, is too fast for some and too slow for others.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Francis Maher
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Glenbane Upper, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Matthew Maher
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Glenbane Upper, Co. Tipperary
