School: Cloone (B.) (roll number 15442)
- Location:
- Cloone, Co. Leitrim
- Teachers: T. Ó Móráin A. Ó Corraidhin
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No 19. There was a man in [Nolms]? race he neigher lived in hell heaven or earth where was his dwelling place?
In the moon.
No 20.As i went out on yonder gap I met a little man and he said he was more afraid of a cock or a hen than King George and all his men.
A worm.
No 21. What runs without feet?
Water.
No 22. The Bishop and his sister and the Doctor and his wife went out for a walk. They came to a bird's
nest in which was four eggs. Each took an egg and left one how was this?
The Bishop's sister was the doctor's wife.
No 23. Says the child to its father "how does it come that your my father and I am not your son?
It was the daughter that was speaking.
No 24. As round as an apple as plump as a ball. It can climb over steeple and wall.
The sun.
No 25. What key is hardest to turn?
A donkey.
No 26. Why are tall people more lazy than short(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Bohan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Curraun, Co. Leitrim
