School: Mághthobair (Mohober), Dúrlas Éile (roll number 7048)
- Location:
- Mohober, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Máirtín Ó Mathghamhna
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0562, Page 042
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- What three words would frighten a thief?
I See You.
The longer it stands the shorter it grows?
A Candle.
What is the longest night in two weeks?
A fortnight.
Two legs under three legs over two of the living and three of the dead?
A pot on a man's head.
Constantinople is a very big word spell it?
It.
How many poles would reach the sky?
One if it was long enough.
What is the difference between a steep hill and a big pill?
One is hard to get up and the other is hard to get down.
Cut and passed but never eaten?
A pack of Cards.
As round as a penny, as plump as a bell, and it climbs over churches steeple and all?
The Moon.
There is a little house with nobody in it and all in the world couldn't count all the windows in it?
A thimble.
Under the water and over the water but never touches(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Doheny
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Harleypark, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Mr Morris
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 47
- Address
- Harleypark, Co. Tipperary
