School: Liathdruim (roll number 369)
- Location:
- Leitrim, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: E. Ó Maitiú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0951, Page 224
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- (continued from previous page)What goes over the water and under the water but never touches the water?
Answer- A crow.
A man has seven patches on his trousers, what time was it?
Answer- Time he had a new pair.
What goes round the house and round the house and never goes into the house?
Answer- The wind.
Spell broken down hedges in three letter?
Answer- Gap.
What is the slyest thing in the world?
Answer- A clock.
What runs between Belfast and Dublin without moving?
Answer- The railway line.
I an? till got it, I sat down and looked for it. I could not get it and up and away with me?
Answer- A thorn in my foot.
As round as an apple, as plump as a ball, can climb the church over steeple and all?
Answer- The sun.
What goes round the wood but never goes into it?
Answer- A thread.
What goes round the house and round the house with a harrow?(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Mc Quellan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Drumsheeny, Co. Monaghan
