School: Tiobraid (roll number 9996)
- Location:
- Tubrid More, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Ciarmhaich
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0414, Page 133
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- What is the difference between a blind man and a sailor in Prison? Answer: The blind man cannot see to go and the sailor cannot go to sea.
Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat. You may guess forever but you won't guess that? A pipe.
Patches on patches without any stitches? A head of cabbage.
What is it that Adam and Eve never got, yet gave to their sons? Parents.
What has four legs, a head and a foot? A bed.
What fruit is on every penny? A date.
What trees remain the same when burned? Ashes.
What is the most dangerous time of the year? Spring, because all the buds are shooting.
A little wood, a little wire, a little house without a fire? A birdcage.
Why is a dog like a tree? They both lose their bark when dead.
What is the best way to cure a pig? First kill it and then you can cure it.
A little white and round house and it is full of meat but has no doors or windows to let me in to eat? An egg.
What is half the moon like? The other half.
I am more afraid of the cock or the hen than all the king's men? A worm.
What is the difference between a horse in a trap or a mouse in a trap? A horse can run with the trap but a mouse cannot.(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mr William Davis
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tubrid More, Co. Kerry
