School: Sgoil Naoimh Conaill, Na Gleanntaí (roll number 15467)
- Location:
- Glenties, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Cathal Mac Duibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1051B, Page 25_001
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- (continued from previous page)1. I went to the wood and found it. I sat down to look for it. The more I looked for it the worse I liked it and I came home with it.
(Ans -: A stab in my foot.)
2. Long legs, crooked thighs, wee head and no eyes. (Ans -: A pair of tongs.
3. It is the beginning of eternity, its the end of all time and space, its the beginning of every end and the end of every race. (Ans -: The letter E.)
4. What man in the army wears the biggest hat. (Ans -: The man with the biggest head.)
5. What looks nicer when the head is off it. (Ans -: A pillow in a bed.)
6. What makes a pair of shoes. (Ans -: Two shoes.)
7. What is a foot in the town to-day(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Domhnall Mac Suibhne
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Mullantiboyle, Co. Donegal
