School: Ballyhahill (C.) (roll number 10686)
- Location:
- Ballyhahill, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: H. Fitzgerald
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- (continued from previous page)down the road like a snowball?
A magpie.11. Why does a cricketer resemble a hungry tramp?
Because he is often out for a duck.12. As round as a marble, as flat as a pin, half of a woman, the full of a man.
A penny.13. Why is the sea always restless?
Because it has so many rocks in its bed.14. What is the difference between a race horse and a stamp?.
One is licked with a stick, and the other is stamped with a lick.15. There was a room, and in the room there was a corner, and in the corner there was a cup, and in the cup there was a sup, and everyone should taste it?/
Death.16. The man that made it, never wore it, and the man that wore it never saw it, and the man that made it didn't want it.
A coffin.17. What key is the hardest for unlocking the tongue?.
Whiskey.18. Why is a temperance hotel like Heaven?.
Because no bad spirits are allowed enter it.19. What is the lightest penny worth you can buy?
A stamp.20. Tisn't inside, tisn't outside, and where is it?
A window.21. If a farmer raised 265 pecks of corn in the Summer, what would he raise in the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Josie Mc Eniry
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tooraree Upper, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Mrs Dan O' Sullivan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 81
- Address
- Glin, Co. Limerick
