School: Balrath (1) (roll number 9770)
- Location:
- Balrath, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: C. Ní Pharthaláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0719, Page 318
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- (continued from previous page)Luke has it in front and Phil has it behind, and Mick Kelly has it in two places.
Ans: The letter "P".
What is it that is too short and when you cut a piece off it, it is long enough.
Ans: A grave.
Standing stiff in a bed with appearance first white and then red, what is that?
Ans: A Rose.
What goes round the house and round the house and sleeps in the corner.
Ans: The Twig.
What makes more noise at a gate than a pig?
Ans: Two Pigs!
How many feet has forty sheep, a shepherd and his dog?
Ans: Two.
What is the difference between a milkmaid and a swallow.
Ans: One skins the milk; the other the water.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Gillooley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carlanstown, Co. Westmeath
