School: Lochán na mBan (roll number 7816)
- Location:
- Loughaunnaman, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Conghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0099, Page 266
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- (continued from previous page)16 What is 0 multiplied by 0 = 0x0
17 What’s one half of the moon like = The other half.
18 It goes in dry and comes out wet the longer it is left within the stronger it gets Tea in a tea-pot.
19 A leaper of ditches a tripper of thorn a little brown cow without any horn = a hare
20 It is filled and yet you can put more into it = A pot filled with potatoes and you can put water into it
21 I have a little house and it is full of meat and has no doors or windows to let me in to eat = an egg
22 Why is toffee like a race-horse = Because the more you lick it the faster it goes.
23 What side of a cup is the handle = The outside.
24 Head like a thimble tail like a ray many a thing you think of before you think of that = a pipe.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie Walsh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Loughaunnaman, Co. Mayo
