School: Brittas (roll number 12217)
- Location:
- An Briotás, Co. Bhaile Átha Cliath
- Teacher: B. Ní Mhaoldhomhnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0794, Page 419
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- Máire Ní hAnlon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Briotás, Co. Bhaile Átha Cliath
- Which is the swifter, heat, or cold,? = Heat, because anyone can catch cold.
If 20 feet of iceberg is above the water, what is below? = All the rest.
Which is the greatest riddle? = Life, for we all have to give it up.
Why is a selfish friend like the letter P? = It is in the first of pity, and in the last of help.
What goes to make a pair of shoes? = Two shoes.
When is a trunk like two letters of the alphabet, when it is. M.T. (empty).
