School: Cnoc na Groighe (B.), Ráth Mhór
- Location:
- Knocknagree, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ó Muimhneacháin
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- When was beef highest up?
Answer:- When the cow jumped over the moon
What is it that always walks with its head down?
Answer:- a nail in a boot.
What goes away between two woods and returns between two waters?
Answer:- A man fetching water in pails.
What is full and holds more?
Answer:- A pot full of potatoes when you put water in it.
If a fellow met a fellow in a field of beans could a fellow tell a fellow what a fellow means. How many "f"s in that?
Answer:- There is no "f" in that.
Use him well and he is every-body,(continues on next page)- Collector
- Tadhg Ó Súílleabháin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Nohavaldaly, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Tadhg Ó Súilleabháin
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Nohavaldaly, Co. Cork