School: Cill Mhuire (roll number 8139)
- Location:
- Kilmurry, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Ruairc
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- (continued from previous page)A. The broom.
Q. What county in Ireland is the sorest? (?)
A/ Roscommon, because it has a Boyle (boil) at the end of it.
Q. Two yanks stood on a bridge, one said to the other, I am the father of your son, what relation were they?
A. Husband and wife
Q. If a man married his first wife's step sister's daughter what would she be to him?
A. His wife, of course.
Q. If a horse's face is white, what colour are his eyebrows?
A. No colour, because a horse has no eyebrows.
Q. Why are pyajamas (?) like railway lines?
A. Because they are put on sleepers.
Q.Goes up white and comes down red (?)
A. An egg
- Collector
- Sheila Mc Garry
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rathmoyle, Co. Roscommon
