School: Tighmhanach (roll number 15715)
- Location:
- Tivannagh, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Mrs E. Jordan
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- (continued from previous page)8. Forty sheep went out a gap;
Forty more followed that;
How many feet went out
the gap; his shepherd and his dog?
(Ans. two feet)
9. As I went out a gap,
I met my uncle Daisy
I cut off his head and
sucked his blood and left,
him lying easy (Ans. a bottle of whiskey)
10. What pupils are to be pitied and why?
(The pupils of the eye as they are always under the lash)
11. What is that which by losing an eye has nothing left but a (nothing left) nose? (Ans. noise)
12. What is that from which the whole may be taken and yet some will remain? Ans. (the word "wholesome").
13. Through the wood through the wood and never touches the wood?
14. Why does a baker be very honest?
Ans. (because he handles a lot of dough)
15. What has two eyes and can see in the dark?
16. Why is a house built of wood like(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mrs Mc Kay
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Abbey View, Co. Roscommon
