School: Béal Átha (Bella) (roll number 10334)
- Location:
- Bella, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Bean Uí Ghionnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0238, Page 002
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- (continued from previous page)8. As I looked out my Grandmother's window I saw twenty-four wild cats tearing up the ground.
Ans:- A harrow.
9. I ran until I got it, when I got it I went to look for it, when I went to look for it I couldn't find it and when I couldn't find it I left it down on the ground.
Ans:- A thorn in my foot.
10. Useful, useless instrument it was bought by man but never lent, the man who buys it does not own it, the man who owns it doesn't know it.
Ans:- A coffin.
11. As round as an apple, as deep as a pail, it never cries out until it is caught by the tail.
Ans:- The church bell.
12. As I was going to the Fair of St Ives, I met a man with seven wives, the seven wives had seven sacks, the seven sacks had seven cats, the seven cats had seven kittens - sacks, cats, wives and kittens how many were going to the Fair of St Ives.
Ans:- One.
13. What man in Dublin wears the biggest hat:
Ans:- The man who has the biggest head.(continues on next page)
