School: An Teampoll Geal, Ceapach Chuinn (roll number 3549)
- Location:
- Whitechurch, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Liam Ó Faoláin
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“I went up to an apple tree and there was apples on it.”
(continued from previous page)It is black and white and red all over.
Ans. A newspaperWhy is a barber the smallest man in the world.
Ans. He has to have a ladder to do his workWhy is a cobbler's shop like hell.
Ans. because all bad soles go thereGot from: My father 60 years(no title)
“How many cow's tails would it take to reach the moon?”
How many cow's tails would it take to reach the moon
Ans. One if it was long enoughIf a poker and tongs cost 5s 1 1/2d what would a ton of coal come to
Ans. To ashesWhen it is closed it is open and when it is open it is closed.
Ans. Railway gatesGot from: Pat Ryan Bridgequarter 63 years- Collector
- Gearóid Ó Raghaill
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bridgequarter, Co. Waterford
- Informant
- Pat Ryan
- Relation
- Not a relative
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 63
- Address
- Bridgequarter, Co. Waterford
- One day I went into a public house and I had money in my pocket. I asked for as much money as I had in my pocket and I bought a sixpenny bottle of porter. I went into a second public house and I asked for as much money as I had in my pocket and I bought another sixpenny bottle of porter. I went into a third public house and I asked for as much money as I had in my pocket and I bought another sixpenny bottle of porter and I came out of that house with no money in my pocket. How much money had I when..(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Nugent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Curraghroche, Co. Waterford