School: Castlecuffe, Mountmellick (roll number 8749)
- Location:
- Castlecuffe, Co. Laois
- Teacher: J. Devereux
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- 1; What part of a cow goes out through the gap first.?
Her breath.
2; What goes up and down and never reaches the sky or ground..?
The handle of a pump.
3; When is a black dog not a black dog?
When he is a greyhound.
4; Why does a cow look over the ditch?
Because she cannot look under it,
5; What is always stirring and still it never stirs out of it's place?
A pigs tail.
6' Who wears the biggest hat n the world?
The man with the biggest head.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Annie Malone
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballynahimmy, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Joseph Malone
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballynahimmy, Co. Laois