School: Baile an Doirín (C) (roll number 7552)
- Location:
- Ballinderreen, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Treasa Bean Uí Bheirn
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- (continued from previous page)6. trouser what would make a waistcoat.
Ans. A tailor
7. Why does a cow look over the wall.
Ans. She could not look under it.
8. What ties two people together but only touches one of them.
Ans. A wedding ring.
(9.) Why is Ireland supposed to be the best country in the world.
Ans. Its capital is always doubling.
10. As round as an apple as plump as a ball can climb the church over steeple and all.
Ans. The Sun
11. Over gravel I did travel on an oak tree I did stand. I saw the mare that never foaled a bridle in her hand.
Ans. a ship.- Collector
- Bridget Fordham
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Daniel Fordham
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Kilcolgan, Co. Galway