School: Tír Dhá Ghlas (Terryglass) (roll number 13436)
- Location:
- Terryglass, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Seán Ó Gliasáin
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- (1) Little white Nancy with a little red nose the longer she stands the smaller she grows. Answer. A candle.
(2) What must you do before you come down stairs? Answer. Go up.
(3) Whats a rock and its not a rock?
Answer. A shamrock.
(4) What is full all day and empty at night? Answer. A boot.
(5) What is at work when it is on strike? Answer. A clock.
(6) What was never seen or never will be seen? Answer. A nest of mice in a cat's ear.
(7) Spell "broken-down-ditch" in a short way. Answer. Gap.
(8) Why does a man cross the road? Answer. To get to the other side.
(9) What's the worst weather for rats and mice? Answer. When its raining cats and dogs.
(10) What has a neck and a body(continues on next page)- Collector
- Brigid Lavelle
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Slevoir, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- David Lavelle
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Slevoir, Co. Tipperary