School: Breac-Cluain (roll number 4796)
- Location:
- Brackloon, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seosamh Ó Meachair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0138, Page 349
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- Take away an eye (i) and have nose left
Ceárd é? noise.
"Teachtaire beag ó theach go teach agus biónn sé amuigh san oidhche"
Note: - I now learn that this is not confined to this place, though I've not heard it anywhere else I've been in (Waterford, Limerick, Clare or Kerry).
Brought to the table, cut but never eaten? Pack of cards.
Why doesn't the clock strike 13? It hasn't the face to do it.
He lives to dye, he dyes to live; the longer he lives the more he dyes.
Why is a vain young lady like a drunkard? Because both are fond of the glass.
Diff. bet. a sailor in jail and a blind man? (one cannot go to sea, other cannot see to go.)
Diff. bet. a new d 1/ and an old s 1/ ? ans D 11.
Why was Adam a good runner? First in the human race.
Why policeman like a rainbow? Comes after storm is over.
Why waiter like a racehorse? It runs for plates, cups and 'stakes'.
Un. water, over water, and never touches w. ? Woman going over a bridge with water on her head.
Diff. bet. bottle of medicine and a hearth rug? One is taken up & shaken the other is shaken and taken.
Diff. bet. schl. master & a stamp?
One sticks with a lick and other licks with a stick.
Most hated Guard? Blackguard.
Diff. bet. glutton & hungry man? One eats too long: other longs to eat.
When did beef go highest? When cow jumped over the moon.
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