School: Eaglais an Chlocháin
- Location:
- Aglish, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Foghludha
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- (continued from previous page)What is it when you cut a bit off of it you will make it longer. (a grave)
Why does a hen pick a pot. (Because she canot lick it)
Twelve little brothers all the same a hard working father and a lazy old mother. (The clock) What is always behind time. (The back of the clock).
What part of the cow goes over the ditch first. (her Breath)
What is the strongest animal in the world. (A snail)
Why is the letter 'a' like twelve o'clock. (Because it is in the middle of day)
What goes up when the rain comes down. (An umbrella)
The root of all evil joined to a bitter 'tis the name of my town I can tell you no better? (Moneygal)
What town in America is round at each end and high in the middle? (Ohio)
If the fiddler's wife is the piper's mother what is the fiddler to the piper? (His father)
- Collector
- Pauline Whyte
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilfadda, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Edward Whyte
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Kilfadda, Co. Tipperary
