School: Druim Muc (roll number 12861)
- Location:
- Corderrybane, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: M. Ní Chuinneagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0937, Page 057
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- Where was Noah when the candle went out?
Under the bed looking for the matches.
Black, white, and red, all over?
The paper.
Two arms, a body, a neck, and no head?
A shirt.
Long legs, crooked thighs, small head, and no eyes?
The tonges.
Why is the letter F like a banana skin?
Because both make all fall.
Why is it wrong to speak of the number two hundred and twenty eight?
Because it is two gross.
What is it, that occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in a thousand years?
The letter M.
What is it that touches one, and unites two?
A wedding ring.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Pól Ó Carrathar
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Corderryduff, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Mr B. Hanratty
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Clare Oghill, Co. Monaghan
