School: Lattoon
- Location:
- Lattoon, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: P. Ó Hiorraí
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- 107. How many p's in a pint? Ans. One108. What goes round the wood and round the wood and never gets in? Ans. Trees109. Who is he who marries many a one and still is single all his life. Ans. A priest.
- 110. On yonder river there is a plank it is neither of ash, oak, elm, mure or any other thing that ever grew. Ans. A plank of ice.111. The man went out the seed to sew, (the seed) the ground was white and the seed was black. Ans. A man writing a letter.112. How can a man with one eye see more than you with the two? Ans. Because he can see two eyes in you and you can only see one eye in him.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peter Lynch
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilquilly, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mrs Lynch
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilquilly, Co. Cavan