School: Ballintemple
- Location:
- Ballintemple, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Nic Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0991, Page 173
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- (continued from previous page)that ever grew, what was it.
A A dog named Brusney.
Q Spell it out and spell it down spell for me an Irish town
A Navan.
Q Londonderrty, Cork and Kerry spell me that without a K.
A That.
Q. When is a girls hair like the sea.
A When it is in waves.
Q If Oliver Cromwell was here now what would he be doing.
A Lifting the old age pension.
Q A houseful and a roomful, and you couldnt catch a spoonful.
A Smoke.
Q What is neither in the house nor out of the house and is useful to the house.
A The door.
- Collector
- Eileen Kilroy
- Gender
- Female
