School: Cluain Fhada (C.) (roll number 15558)
- Location:
- Cluain Fada, Co. Ros Comáin
- Teacher: Mrs. Flood
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- (continued from previous page)King Boru he built a ship.
An in that ship his daughter sat, an I was told not to tell her name, an three times there I told it.
Ans - Anne
What is the difference between two and two and twice two?
Ans-One is addition and the other is multiplication.
He was born before his father, killed his mother, married his sister, and yet comitted no sin.
Ans - A priest. His father was present when he was born, his mother died when he was born. Afterwards he became a priest and married his sister to another man.
What part of a cow goes out a gap first? Ans - her breath.
- Collector
- Mary Teresa Noone
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Goirtín an Chaimidil, Co. Ros Comáin
- Informant
- Thomas Geraghty
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 30
- Address
- Goirtín an Chaimidil, Co. Ros Comáin
