School: Baile na Martra (B.) (roll number 13647)
- Location:
- Castlemartyr, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán de Barra
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- Q. When was beef the highest?
A. When the cow jumped over the moon.
Q. What goes all round the kitchen and stops in the corner?
A. A brush.
Q. Why is a bus safe from lightning?
A. Because it has a conductor.- Collector
- Master M. Sullivan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Killeagh, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr D. Sullivan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Killeagh, Co. Cork
- Q. In marble halls as white as milk,
Lined with skin as soft as silk,
Within a fountain crystal clear,
A Golden apple doth appear.
No doors are there in this stronghold
Yet thieves break in and steal the gold.
A. An egg.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Master P. Abernethy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Castlemartyr, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mrs Abernethy
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 40
- Address
- Castlemartyr, Co. Cork