School: Ballybay (C.) (roll number 1345)
- Location:
- Cornaseer, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Bean Uí Dhubhghaill
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- (continued from previous page)into your garden and laid an egg who could claim the egg.
Ans. A pea - cock never laid an egg.
Q. What comes to the table, cut, but is never eaten.
Ans. A pack of cards.
Q. What would go up the chimney down, but would not come down the chimney up.
Ans. An Umbrella.
Q. I went into the wood I got it, I sat down with it and sought it. I kept it sill against my will and home in pain.
Ans. A thorn.
Q. What has an eye and never sees.
Ans. A needle.
Q. Little thing little smaller a mouse and has more windows than the King's house.
Ans. A thimble.
Q. What always walks on its head.
Ans. A nail in your shoe.
Q. There were three men in a motor - car two black men and a white man, the two black men ate the white man(continues on next page)- Collector
- Kathleen Gallagher
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Barry Beg, Co. Roscommon