School: Cluain Uamha (C.) (roll number 12828)
- Location:
- Cloyne, Co. Cork
- Teacher: E. Geeleher
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- (continued from previous page)Quest., As I went up a stony gap I met my Uncle Paddy, I cut off his head, drank his blood, and left his body easy?
Ans., Bottle of whiskey.
Quest., What is the last thing you take off when going to bed?
Ans., Your feet off the floor. - Quest: What fish cannot swim?
Ans: A dead one.
Quest: What three letters frighten a burglar?
Ans: I C U.
Quest: What wears boots and has none.?
Ans: A football
Quest: What has an eye and cannot see?
Ans: A needle.
Quest: Patch upon patch and no stitch?(continues on next page)- Collector
- Josephine Cahill
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Power
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloyne, Co. Cork