School: Lisdoonan
- Location:
- Lisdoonan, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: S. Mac an Éanaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0930, Page 174
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- (continued from previous page)The letter L. What will go up the chimney down but wont go down the chimney up. An umbrella. How many sides on a round church. Two, the outside and the inside. How many eggs could you break in a empty sack? None, because if you had eggs in the sack, it would not be empty. Head and foot and four legs. A bed. What does a stone become when thrown into water. It becomes wet. What is it that a coach has and is no good to it and still cannot go without it? Noise. Long and lanky, deaf and dumb, has no legs and yet can run? A river. Long legs, crooked thighs, wee head and no eyes. A tongs. What is the shyest thing in the house? A clock because it always keeps its hands on its face. What is the most dangerous time of the year?(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mairead Mc Nally
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Owen Mc Nally
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cormoy, Co. Monaghan
