School: Bredagh Glen (roll number 14635)
- Location:
- Bredagh Glen, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1118, Page 134
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Two "a's", two "m's", two "r's" and a "g"
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A man was in a hospital talking to a boy, and the nurse came to him and asked him "What relation are you to this boy" He replied "Brothers or sisters I have none, but this boys father was my father's son" What relation was was the man to the boy.
He was the boy's father.
What has four legs and one foot
A bed
What is the difference between a good soldier and a fashionable lady?
One faces the powder and the other powders the face.
As I was going to St. Elves I met a man with seven wives, each wife had seven sacks, each sack contained seven cats, each cat had seven kits, kits, cats, sacks and wives how many were going to St. Elves
Myself.
- Collector
- Éamonn Ó Catháin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrowblagh or Leckemy, Co. Donegal
