School: Clochar na Trócaire, Dún Drongáin (roll number 7232)
- Location:
- Drangan, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Siúracha na Trócaire
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- (continued from previous page)Q A little wood, a little wire, a little house without a fire, what is it?
A. A cage.
Q Patch upon patch without any stitches, riddle me that and I will give you a present?
A. A head of cabbage. - Q Riddle me, riddle me, Randy O,
My father gave me a seed to sow,
The seed was black and the ground was white,
Riddle me that and I'll buy you a pipe?
A. Newspaper.
Q What is the difference between a school-master and a stamp?
A. A school-master licks with a stick and a stamp sticks with a lick.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Biddy Nash
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Shanakyle, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Patrick O Dwyer
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyvadlea, Co. Tipperary