School: Liss, Ballycumber
- Location:
- Grogan and Corroe, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Sarah Howden
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13 What will go up the chimney down, and wont go up it up. An umbrella.
14 What can pass before the sun without casting a shadow? The wind.
15 What is smaller than a midge's mouth? The bit that goes into it.
16 Why does a duck put her head under the pater? For diver's reasons.- Collector
- Robert Cahill
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Island, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Mr P. Flanagan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballycumber, Co. Offaly