School: Tuar an Fhíona, Cluain Meala
- Location:
- Tooraneena, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Gearóid Ó Coindealbháin
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Because he is an ass.Cork and Kerry, Londonderry, spell me that without a K.
ThatWhy does a cow look over the fence?
She can't look under it.Oh I went out a slippery gap
I met my Uncle Davy
I cut off his head and drank his blood
I left his body aisy.
A bottle of wine.What house is never dark?
A lighthouse.What sign is it to hear the cuckoo?
A sign that you are not deaf.'Tis under the fire
'Tis over the fire
It never touches the fire.
A cake in an oven.Why is 'F' like a cow's tail?
It is the last letter in 'beef'.What is the difference between a dressmaker and a farmer?
One sews what he gathers and the other gathers what he sows.I have a little man below in(continues on next page)- Collector
- Pádraig Teidhirs
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballynamult, Co. Waterford
- Informant
- Buachaillí na Scoile
- Relation
- Not a relative