School: Rahavanaig
- Location:
- Rahavanig, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Máire de Stac
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- (continued from previous page)omitted? Music. (M you sick)
30. What tune makes everybody feel glad? For-tune.
31. What does a stone become in water? Wet.
32. What is that, which cannot run through it has three feet? A yard.
33. Where did Noah strike the first nail in the ark? On the head.
34. Tell me please if you are able what word produces chair and table? Charitable.
35. On what toe does a corn never come? Mistletoe.
36. What has teeth but cannot eat? A saw.
37. What has a bed but never sleeps in it? A river.
38. What is that, taken from you, before you get it? Your photograph.
39. What is half the moon like? The other.
40. Where are all kings crowned? On the head.
41. Under the water, and over the water, and all the same it cannot touch the water? A woman walking across a bridge and a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máighréad Ní Chearbhaill
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballybunnion, Co. Kerry
