School: Scoil na mBráthar, Carraig na Siúire (roll number 16725)
- Location:
- Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: An Br. Ó Mocháin
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- (continued from previous page)R. Black and white and red all over.
A. A newspaper.
R. What has an eye and cannot see?
A. A needle.
R. What is the the smallest bridge in the world?
A. The bridge of your nose.
R. What is the shiest thing in a house?
A. A clock because it covers its face with its hands.
R. What goes round the house and stops at the fireplace?
A. A brush.
R. Bessy behind the bush and bessy before the bush and if you go near bessy she will bite you
A. A nettle.
R. Why does a hen cross a road?
A. Because the other side would not come over to her.
R. Why is the main street like a river?
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- Informant
- Patrick Power
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary