School: Cill Tormóir (Cailíní)
- Location:
- Kiltormer, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Rós, Bean Uí Cheallacháin
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- (continued from previous page)railway guard?
Because one trains the mind, and the other minds the train.Why is a race horse compare to a loaf of bread on the steeple of a church?
Because both of them are high bred.What sort of fish does a man out of work want?
A plaice (place)What sort of fish does a cobbler want?
SolesWhy is a tight shoe compare to an oak tree?
Because one grows corns, and the other grows acorns.It comes in on the backs of people, and goes out in silk threads?
Turf.Black and white, and hops on the road like hail stones?
A magpie.A white woman with a long nose, the longer she lives the shorter it grows?
A candle.Says the father to the child, how did it come that I am your father and you are not my son?(continues on next page)
