School: Dangan (C.) (roll number 7499)
- Location:
- Dangan, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Maighréad Ní Fhógartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0692, Page 227
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“What is it that a cat has but no other animal has?”
Q. What is it that a cat has but no other animal has?
A Kittens.
Q What author was never slow?
A A sponge.
Q When the clock strikes 13 what time is it?
A Time to have it repaired.
Q What is it that is full of holes and still holds water?
A A sponge.
Q Which is the best way to make a coat last?
A Make the vest and trousers first.
Q What is that which you can keep after giving it away?
A Your word.
Q Why are bakers very self-denying people?
A Because they sell what they sell what they knead themselves.
Q What town is drawn more frequently than any others?
A Cork
Q What can you fill a barrel with to make it lighter? - Holes(continues on next page) - Collector
- Annie Ryan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mary Murray
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clondoogan, Co. Meath
