School: An Bealach, Crosaire an Ghúlaigh (roll number 1131)
- Location:
- Ballagh, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Diarmuid Mac Fhloinn
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0583, Page 116
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- (continued from previous page)A hillow-full, a hollow-full and could not catch a thimble-full.
Ans:- Smoke.
What goes in the window and out the door?
Ans:- A letter.
What has an eye that cannot see, a tongue that cannot speak and a soul that will never reach Heaven?
Ans:- A boot
What has a face, two hands and never speaks?
Ans:- A clock.
What has four legs and feathers?
Ans:- A bed.
As black as soot, as white as snow and it hops on the road like hailstones
Ans:- A magpie.
My father gave me some seeds to sow. The seeds were black and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Siobhán Ní Riain
- Gender
- Female
