School: Ceathrú na hAille (Carnahallia) (roll number 7416)
- Location:
- Cahernahallia, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Máirtín Ó Madadhain
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- Q I have a little house and a mouse would not fir in it and all the men (in) Kerry would not count the many windows in it.
A A thimble
Q Betty inside the ditch. Betty outside the ditch, if you touch Betty she will bite you.
A A nettle
Q Why doesn't it matter if a beggat wears a very short coat
A Because it will be long enough before he gets another
Q What does an artist like to draw best
A His salary of course
Q As I went out a muddy gap I met my Uncle Davy. I cut off his head and left his body easy.
A A head of cabbage
Q As I went out a slippery gap I met a little boy with a red cap, iron nose, timber toes, upon my word he would frighten the crows.
A A gun
Q Forty sheep went out a gap , forty more followed that twice a eleve six and seven wo and three how much is that
A 2 and 3 = 5(continues on next page)