School: Stackallen (roll number 1309)
- Location:
- Stackallan, Co. Meath
- Teacher: P.T. Mac Gabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0714, Page 034
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- (continued from previous page)a river.
What has an eye and cant see?
A needle.
Opens like a hall door and shuts like a trap
An umbrella.
There is a house and in that house there is a room and in that room there is a table and in that table there is a drawer and in that drawer there is a cup and in that cup there is a sup which everyone must taste?
Death
Spell black in three letters?
Ink.
Smoke in the wood and no fire?
Your breath.
There is a little house and it would not hold a mouse and it has many window as the Lord Mayor's house?
A timble.
What is the difference between a swallow and a milk maid?
A swallow skims the water and a milk-maid skims the milk.
I have a little man above in the field and when I pull his leg his nose will bleed.?
A pump.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Philomena Tighe
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rochestown, Co. Meath
