School: Ród (B.)
- Location:
- Rhode, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: P. Ó Maoldomhnaigh
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- Question < 1. What has a cat, but no other animal has?
Answer <1. Kittens
Q <2. When the clock strikes 13 what time is it?
A <2. Time to have the clock repaired.
Q <3. In what month do women tlk the least?
A <3. February, the shortest month.
Q <4. Which country ought to be the richest in the world?
A <4. Ireland because its capital is always Dublin
Q <5. What can you fill a barrel with to make it light?
A <5. Holes
Q <6. Which is the best way to make a coat last?
A <6. To make the vest and trousers first.
Q <7. Who may marry many a wife and yet live single all his life?
A <7. A clergy man
Q <8. Why are bakers very self denying people?
A <8. Because they sell what the knead themselves
Q <9. What town is drawn more frequently than any other?
A <9. Cork
- Collector
- Thomas Quinn
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- William Quinn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rhode, Co. Offaly
