School: Kilcoskan, The Ward
- Location:
- Kilcoskan, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- (continued from previous page)Q. He dresses very queer, he works very hard and he'd give you anything you'd wish for. Who's that?
A. Fairy
Q. A hollow backed father, a lazy old mother and three little children all the one colour?
A. A three legged pot.
Q. Two black men and a white man. If the two black men ate the while man. What was the number of car?
A. 281 [two ate one]
Q. As I went out a gap I met my Auntie Mary with wooden nose and iron toes. What's that?
A. A gun
