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School: Ród (B.)

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Ród, Co. Uíbh Fhailí
Teacher:
P. Ó Maoldomhnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0801, Page 271

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    Question 1. What has a head and cannot get a cap to fit it?
    Answer 1. Bray head
    Q2. Why is a drawn tooth so much like something you have forgotten?
    A2. Because it is gone out of your head
    Q3. What is it the more you take out of it the bigger it gets?
    A3. A grave
    Q4. What goes up a ladder with its head down?
    A4. A nail in a boot
    Q5. Why does the station master put a hole in your ticket?
    A5. To let you pass through
    Q6. What is the biggest difference between a bottle of medicine and a hearth-rug
    A6. One is shaken up and taken the other is (is) taken up and shaken
    Q7. What goes before you?
    A7. Your breath
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
        1. tomhaiseanna (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maurice Toole
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    John O' Toole
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ród, Co. Uíbh Fhailí