School: Derrynananta
- Location:
- Derrynananta Lower, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Mrs O' Regan
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- (continued from previous page)within a fountain a golden apple doth appear no doors are there to this stronghold yet thieves break in and steal the gold. An egg.
What is that which is often brought to the table and cut yet never eaten? Cards.
Where was Moses when the light went out. In the dark.
How many sticks go to a crows nest? None they are all brought to it.
Where did Noah strike the first nail in the ark? On the head.
Spell tumble down ditch in three letters? Gap.
Spell blackwater in three letters. Ink.- Collector
- Peggy Mc Govern
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Moneensauran, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Patrick Mc Govern
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 40
- Address
- Moneensauran, Co. Cavan