School: Cill Mhuire (roll number 8139)
- Location:
- Kilmurry, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Ruairc
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0245, Page 023
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- (continued from previous page)A. The letter"U"
Q. As I went out a gate I met my uncle David, I cut off his head and drank his blood, and left him lying easy?
A. A bottle of whiskey.
Q. As round as an apple, as flat as a pan, once side a woman and the other a man?
A. A penny.
Q. What is the lightest country in Ireland
A. Cork, because it would swim.
Q. What is the greatest wonder in Europe?
A. That Hungary does not eat Turkey.
Q. What is a horse's shoe like?
A. A mare's
Q. Constantinople is a very hard word to spell. If you cannot spell it you are a very big dunce, spell it?
A. "It"
Q. Round, round the kitchen, and lies at the back door?(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Sheila Mc Garry
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rathmoyle, Co. Roscommon
