School: Sonna (roll number 1422)
- Location:
- Kildallan, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Mrs O' Connell
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0740, Page 090
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- 1. When the sun is behind you whats before you
your shadow
2. As round as an apple, as deep as a cup all the men in Sonna wont out it up
A well
3. What runs from Mullingar to Dublin and yet never moves
The railway line
4. It has a tongue but cannot speak
A boot
When is a boy not a boy
5. When he falls into a river and comes out dripping
6. Why is the letter 'K' like a pigs tail
Because it is the end of pork
7. Why are old stockings like dead men
Because they go into holes they are mended (men dead) and their soles (souls) are departed
8. What has four legs and flies
two birds
What part of a cow goes into a stable first
Her breath(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maureen Mc Cormack
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Sonna Demesne, Co. Westmeath
