School: Mayglass (roll number 1123)
- Location:
- Mayglass, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Seósamh P. Mac Shomáis
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- (continued from previous page)Q. Two a's, two r's two m's and a g, put them together and spell them for me ?
A. Grammar.Q. What is the longest thing in the world ?
A. Your tongue, because you will never see the end of it .Collected from Patrick Newport
Woodtown, Ballycogley, Co. Wexford. - There are numbers of riddles, but these are ones which I heard in Mayglass.Q. A man went in to an orchard, he saw apples on a tree, he took no apples off, nor he left no apples on and how could that be ?
A. There were two apples on the tree, he took one off, and he left one on.Q. A house-full and a yard full and could not take up a spoon - ful ?
A. SmokeQ. How many cow's tails would it take to reach the moon ?
A. One, if it was long enough.Q. I lighted the fire with lies and truth ?
A. I lighted the fire with a newspaper.Q. Look in my face and I'm everybody, look at my back and I'm nobody ?(continues on next page)- Informant
- Pat Connick
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tenacre, Co. Wexford