School: Abbey (Naomh Feichín)
- Location:
- Abbey, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Séan de Paor
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- (continued from previous page)8. Black and white and read all over?
The news-paper.
9. Twenty sick sheep went out a gap, one died and how many came back?
19 came back.
10. Little thing, little smaller than a mouse, it has more windows than a king's house?
A thimble
11. What talks but never walks?
A Gramaphone.
12. What walks with its head down?
A nail in your boot.
13. Twenty sheep went out a gap twenty after that a shepherd and his dog how many feet was that?
The man's two feet.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mary Kate Joynt
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Conicar, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Michael Joynt
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Conicar, Co. Galway