School: Clochar na Toirbhirte
- Location:
- Lismore, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Sr M. Gráinne
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- 1. What is the biggest ant in the world?
Elephant
2. What is the difference between a dressmaker and a farmer?
One sews what she gathers, and the other gathers what is he sows.
3. When did Moses sleep five in a abed?
When he slept with his fore-father.
4. Why is a pelican like a fishmonger?
Because he puts fish in his bill
5. Nine pears hanging high, Nine men passing by. Each man took a pear. Yet eight are hanging there. How was that?
Each man was the name of a man who took the pear.
6. Why is a good cake like a dusty carpet?
Because it needs a good beating.
7. What do we get from the sun that we do not get from the moon?
Freckles.
8. Why is the letter "I" never late?
Because it(continues on next page)- Collector
- Peggy O' Brien
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lismore, Co. Waterford
- Informant
- Mrs G. O' Brien
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lismore, Co. Waterford