School: Crannach, Inis
- Location:
- An Chrannaigh, Co. an Chláir
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Maolchaoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0603, Page 024
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- Q, Tis in the bolster, and not in the bed, tis in teh brain and not in the head, tis in the world and it goes round, And in the middle of Paris it is found.
A. The letter "R"
Q. What is it when you take the whole away some remain.
A. Wholesome
Q. How did Noa drive the first nail in the ark?
A. By hitting it in the head.
Q. What man in Ireland wears the biggest hat?
A. The man with the biggest head.
Q. What is that that was three weeks old when Noa was a boy, and was not five weeks old when Noa was a man?
A. The moon
Q. If you were on top of a house, and had no ladder, how would you get down.
A. To bring up a goose with you
Q What is the difference between a schoolmaster and a post stamp.
A. The stamp sticks with a lick, but the shcoolmaster licks with a stick.
Q. If all the trees in the wood went for a race which would be last
A. The slow tree "the sloe tree".(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maureen Doyle
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Michael Crowley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Cheathrú Riabhach Thiar, Co. an Chláir
