School: Tír Dhá Ghlas (Terryglass) (roll number 13436)
- Location:
- Terryglass, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Seán Ó Gliasáin
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- (continued from previous page)10 Who may marry many a wife and yet live single all his life? Answer. A clergyman.
11 What is it which is full of holes and yet hold water? Answer. A sponge.
12 Why does a cow look over a ditch? Answer. She cant look under it.
13 Why does a hen pick a pot? Answer. She cant lick it.
14 What can you fill a barrel with to make it lighter? Answer. Holes.
15 What is it that goes up and down yet never moves? Answer. A road.
16 Why has preacher an easier time than a doctor or lawyer? Answer. It is easier to preach than to practise.
17 A hard-working father a lazy(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Colette Heenan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Crossanagh, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Pat Heenan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Crossanagh, Co. Tipperary
