School: Turlough, Béal an Chloga (roll number 14872)
- Location:
- Turlough, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Áine, Bean Uí Éalaidhe
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“What man in the army wears the biggest cap. ...”
1) What man in the army wears the biggest cap. Ans The with the biggest head.
2) What does a woman put up when the rain comes down. Ans. An umbrella.
3) Jenny red petticoat, Jenny red nose, the longer she lives the shorter she grows. Ans. A candle.
4) Where was Moses when he was smoking his pipe. Ans. Behind it.
5) Down under the valley there lives a deer, silver horns, and golden ears neither skin flesh feathers nor bones riddle me that or leave it alone. Ans. A snail.
6) If a hen and a half laid a egg and a half in a day and a half how many would she lay in a week. Ans. 7
- Collector
- Joseph Scully
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- John Scully
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 52
- Address
- Carran, Co. Clare