School: Scoil Mhuire (B.)
- Location:
- Skull, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Liam Ó Raghallaigh
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- A Funny Story
There is a painter in this district known as "Jim the Painter" he is very witty and clever.
One day he was painting a shop front in Goleen as he was painting a doctor came the way and said: "Putty and paint cover a lot of your mistakes, Jim!"
Jim at once retorted: "The spade and shovel cover a lot of yours". - A Mixed Family
A widow and a widower once got married. Both had a family by their first marriage and in the course of time they had another family.
All the families lived happily in a country house. One day all the children were playing outside when the woman and her husband heard cries of distress. The man said to his wife "Go quickly and see what is wrong".
She went, and when she returned said,(continues on next page)