School: Ceis (roll number 15342)
- Location:
- Kesh, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Proinnsias Ó Hainín
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- Question- Long legs, crooked thighs little head and no eyes?
Answer- fire tongs
Q- what gets larger the more you take from it?
A- a hole in the ground.
q- What can you keep after giving?
A- your word
Q- why is a card-player always in good company?
A-Because he plays with kings and queens
Q- As small as a mouse and has as many windows as a kings house?
A- a thimble
Q- What has eyes and cannot see?
A- a shoe
Q- If two black men ate one white man what was the number of the car?
A- 2 8 1(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mary Costello
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Greenan, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Patrick Costello
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Greenan, Co. Sligo