School: Ród (B.)
- Location:
- Rhode, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: P. Ó Maoldomhnaigh
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- Question. 1. When is a soldier like a baby?
Answer. 1. When he is in arms
Q. 2. What is the biggest ant in the world?
A. 2. The elephant-ant.
Q. 3. When was beef the highest?
A. 3. When the cow jumped over the moon.
Q. 4. When is a ship like a painter?
A. 4. When it shows its colours.
Q. 5. What is that that is near you , yet you cannot see it?
A. 5. The back of your head.
Q. 6. What part of Dublin is in France?
A. 6. The letter n
Q. 7. What pen should not be used in writing?
A. 7. A sheep pen.
Q. 8. What is the smallest room in the world?
A. 8. The mushroom.
Q. 9. Why does a hen peck a pan?
A. 9. Because she cannot lick it.
- Collector
- Seán Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Teresa Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rhode, Co. Offaly
