School: Rooskey
- Location:
- Roosky, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Martin J. Casey
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0115, Page 242
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- What has a neck and body and nothing else?
A Bottle.
Which bird has the name you could spell with one letter?
Jay..
Why is a bank like a piece of music?
Because they are both full of notes.
When is a rock not a rock?
When it is a shamrock.
How can you cure a slow horse?
Tie him to a post and make him fast.
There was a man through the town, Bro-Griddle was his name his saddle and shirt was gilt with gold and that's three times I have told his name?
Was.
Why should a hen never have untidy feathers?
Because she carries a little comb with her.
What tree is always sad?
The pine.
As high as a wall, as red as blood, as white as milk, as sweet as honey?
An apple
What bird has a name that tells whether he flies fast or slow?
Swift.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Lillie Tonra
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Roosky, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mary Hunt
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Roosky, Co. Mayo
