School: Clarecastle (C.)
- Location:
- Clarecastle, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Aoife Ní Mhíodhcháin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0607, Page 442
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- (continued from previous page)Q Long legs, crooked thighs, small head and no eyes?
A A tongs
Q As black as ink, as white as snow and it hops on the road like hailstone?
A A magpie
Q What was the number of Adam and Eve's car?
A 281 for two ate one apple.
Q Who wears the biggest hat in Parliament?
A The one with the biggest head
Q Timber toes, iron nose, upon my work it will frighten the crows.
A A gun
Q If it takes a minute to boil an egg. How many will it take to boil seven.
A One minute
Q If it takes three days to make a hole how long will it take to make a half hole?
A You could not make a half hole without making the full one first.
Q Twenty sick sheep went out a gap nineteen died how many came back?
A One
- Collector
- Nancy Reynolds
- Gender
- Female
