School: Broca
- Location:
- Brockagh Lower, Co. Leitrim
- Teachers: T. Ó Chioráin S. Ó Gallchobhair
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- (continued from previous page)and said "I'll give you half of what I have and half an apple." After he had given him what he had said, he gave the same to the second gurad, and then to the third. How did he carry out his bargain if he cut no apple. Give the numbers of apples he started with and ended with.
He started with fifteen and ended with fifteen.
Adrian Clancy,
Brockagh,
Glenfarne,
Co. Leitrim.
If all Ireland was drouned, which county would stay on top.
Co. Cork.
What is bought by the yard and worn by the foot?
A carpet.
What is it that a cat has, that no other animal has?
Kittens.
If a boy went over a bridge with a hole in his trousers, what time would it be?
Time he had a patch on it.
- Collector
- Adrian Clancy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Brockagh Lower, Co. Leitrim
