School: Ród (B.)
- Location:
- Rhode, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: P. Ó Maoldomhnaigh
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- Q 1< What kind of a dog is always three feet long?
A 1< A yard dog
Q 2< What crosses a river without make a sound?
A 2< A shadow
Q 3< What fruit is on every penny?
A 3< Dates
Q 4< If a man had ten patches on his coat, what would it be?
A 4< Time to get a new one
Q 5< Where are all kinds crowned?
A 5< On the bead
Q 6< When are soldiers tired?
A 6< At the end of March
Q 7< What is it the older it gets the smaller it grows?
A 7< A candle
Q 8< Which ship do we all like to avoid?
A 8< Hardship.
Q 9< What is everybody doing at the same time?
Q 9< Growing old.
- Collector
- Willie Mulligan
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- William Mulligan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rhode, Co. Offaly
