School: Brosna (B.) (roll number 13018)
- Location:
- Brosna, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Aonghus Ó Laochdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0449, Page 352
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- (continued from previous page)What is the shiest thing in the world? A clock.
What ship don't anyone like? Hardship
What has a head, a foot and four legs? A bed.
What is the easiest thing to make a barrel light? Fill it with holes.
I ran and I caught it, I searched and I couldn't find it. If I found it I wouldn't bring it with me. A thorn in the sole of your foot.
Spell the red rouge of the world in three letters? A Fox
What lights inside timber? Tobacco in a pipe.
Big belly, father big belly, mother, three little children all the same colour. A pot.
Two n's two o's one l and a d put them together and spell them for me. Sondon
Why is a dog like a tree? Because they both lose their bark when they're dead.
Two black men and one white man went out motoring one day. The two black men ate the one black man what was the number of the car? Two ate one 281.
Mister Florin went into the crown hotel make no delay bob tanner. Light and sixpence halfpenny.-
- Collector
- John Downey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Brosna, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Ellie Rourke
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Brosna, Co. Kerry
