School: Rinn Tuirc (roll number 9835)
- Location:
- Reenturk, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: S. Bean Uí Rinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0403, Page 213
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- Q. What am I. I am neither beast nor fowl, although I have legs, laid fresh daily although I am not eggs. I am neither trees nor flowers, I have leaves a many and without me for food you might not get any.
A. A table.
Q. As I went up a steeple I met three Christian people. They were neither men, women or children. What were they.
A. A man, woman and child.
Q. If your uncle's sister is not your aunt what is she to you.
A. Your mother.
Q. What is higher and handsomer when the head is off.
A. A pillow.
Q. What is it that no one can see.
A. To-morrow.
Q. What has teeth but cannot bite.
A. A comb.
Q. It is damp it is moist it is green by the bank and fit for a queen to live in it.
A. A grave.
Q. The man that made it never did not want it the man that bought it never wore it and the man that wore it never(continues on next page)
