School: Baile Uí Argáin, Cill Moicheallóg (roll number 7237)
- Location:
- Ballyorgan, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: A. Ó Hódhráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0511, Page 023
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- What relation is the door mat to the foot scraper?
A step father.
What pets is it not creul to tread on? Carpets.
What vegetable products are most important in History?
Dates.
When is a queen like a piece of wood? When she is a ruler.
When is a sermon like a six inch shell? When it comes out of a cannons mouth.
Why is a man who grumbles like an oven baked loaf? Because they are both crusty.
Why should you carry a watch when crossing a desert?
Because it has a spring in it.
Two little girls dressed in white one got the fever and died last night? A Candle.
Tis red and til yellow and tis sparkling green the King cannot catch it no more than the Queen? A rainbow.
What is that, that grows larger the more you take from it? A grave.
What walks on their head? The nails of your boots.
- Informant
- Mrs T. Noonan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 38
- Address
- Ballyorgan, Co. Limerick
