School: Doirín an Lomáin (roll number 14235)
- Location:
- Derreennalomane, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán de Barra
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- What fruit is in every penny?
Ans., a date.When is a cook angry?
Ans., when she is whipping cream and beating eggs.How many feet has forty sheep a shepherd and a dog?
Ans., twoWhat two fishes have you got in your shoes?
Ans., soles and eels.What part of a tree is like a dog?
Ans., the barkI went to town and I met my uncle Paddy, I took off his hat and drank his blood and left his body standing?
Ans., a bottle of Paddy whiskey.Little thing, little thing less than a mouse has more windows than a King's palace?
Ans., a thimble.What kind of a tree is like the sea?
Ans., the beach(continues on next page)- Collector
- Frances Roycroft
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Mount Gabriel, Co. Cork
- Informant
- James Roycroft
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 49
- Address
- Mount Gabriel, Co. Cork