School: An Tuar Mór
- Location:
- Toormore, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Ceallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0237, Page 217
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- (continued from previous page)Q. Six foot three is my degree no house is good without me turn me round another way and I am a rood exactly.
A. A door.
Q. London Derry Cork and Kerry spell me that without a K.
A. That.
Q. Middy Moddy round body three feet and a wooden hat.
A. A pot.
Q. Why does an ass look over the ditch
A. Because he can't look under it.
Q. What is it thats bought by the yard and worn by the foot.
A. A carpet.
Q. When is a pony like a mouse.
A. When he is in a trap.
Q.Two o two n a l and a d put them together and spell them for me.
A. London.
Q. How long does it a horse to foal.
A. A horse does not foal a mare that foals.
Q. How many stars in the sky.
A. One and all the rest.
Q. What has a head but cannot move it.
A. A pin.(continues on next page)
