School: St Brigid's, Castleknock
- Location:
- Castleknock, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: Mrs Thornton
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Answer a ladder.If Dick's father was Tomas son What relation would Dick be to Tom. Answer Dick TompsonWhy is a pig in a parlour so much like a house on fire. Answer. Because the sooner you put it out the better. Why do little birds in their nest agree.
Answer Because it is dangerous to fall out.Who is the smallest man in the world
Answer a baber Because he has to get up a lather to shave you. - Food was very cheap at that time. They lived(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Rosaleen Hughes
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 10
- Address
- Knockmaroon Hill, Co. Dublin
- Informant
- Mrs Hughes
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knockmaroon Hill, Co. Dublin
- Seventy years ago the men worked for ten shillings a week