School: Askeaton (B.) (roll number 2039)
- Location:
- Askeaton, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: D. Mac Eoin
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- Question;- Riddle me, riddle me ankio my father gave me some seeds to sow, the seeds were black and the ground was white so riddle me that before Saturday night.
Answer;- A pen, ink and paper.
Q:- A houseful, a roomful, but you could not get a spoonful.
A:- Smoke.
Q:- there were three people on top of a hill, they were not men, women nor children what were they?
A:- A man, a woman and a child.
Q:- why does a duck cross the road?
A:- To get to the other side.
Q:- What is half of two and two
A:- three.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Thomas Stokes
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyhomin, Co. Limerick