School: Dromad (roll number 16781)
- Location:
- Drumod, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Millicent "Nuabhroinn"
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- What is the difference between a farmer and a dressmaker? The dressmaker sews what she gathers and the farmer gathers what he sows.
What is the longest word in the English language? Smiles, because there is a mile between the first and last letter.
How is a crow compared to a farmer? Because it gets its food from the plough.
What is it that is too short and when you cut a bit off it, it is long enough? A grave.
The man that made it made it to sell, the woman that bought it never used it, and the man that used it never saw it? A coffin.
If you had it you would have it but you would not give it for all the world? A bald head.
What is the difference between a tramp and a feather bed? A tramp is hard up and a feather bed is soft down.
When is a gander called a goose? When he is cooked and on the table.
What is higher and more handsome when the head is off it? A p
- Collector
- Albert Sloane
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 10
- Address
- Drumod, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- John Sloane
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Occupation
- Postman
- Address
- Drumod, Co. Leitrim
