School: Balla (C.)
- Location:
- Balla, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Katie M. Walker
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0096, Page 7
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- (continued from previous page)24. Pieces and patches, without any stitches; if you tell me that I'll give you my breeches.
Answer. A head of cabbage.
25. Headed like a thimble.
Tailed like a rat.
You may guess for ever
But you wouldn't guess that.
Answer. A pipe.
26. Who may marry a wife and yet live single all his life?
Answer. A clergyman
27. What relation is that child to its father who is not its mother's own son?
Answer. His daughter
28. What is it that when the whole is taken away some still remains?
Answer. The word wholesome.
29. What is the biggest room in the world?
Answer. The room for improvement.
30. What is the weight of the moon?
Answer. Four quarters.
31. When is the sun like bread?
When it rises its light
32 What is the longest word in the English language
Answer. Smiles. Because there's a mile between the first and last letters.
- Collector
- Katie M. Walker
- Gender
- Female
