School: Béal Átha Feorainne (C.) (roll number 15653)
- Location:
- Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Áine Bean Uí Chuillin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0271C, Page 23_010
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- Four legs up and four legs down soft in the middle and hard all round?
A bed.
Why are weary people like carriage wheels?
Because they are tired.
What thing is it that is lower with a head than without one?
A pillow.
What lives upon its own substance and dies when it has devoured itself?
A can
If all the seas were dried up what would everybody say.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Jane Gately
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cronin, Co. Roscommon
