School: Tír Dhá Ghlas (Terryglass) (roll number 13436)
- Location:
- Terryglass, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Seán Ó Gliasáin
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- 1 If you fell off a wall what would you fall against? Your will.
2 What would a spider do if he was late for dinner? Take a fly.
3 Why is it dangerous to tell a tale in a stable? Because horses carry tales.
4 Formed long ago, yet made to-day I'm most in use while others sleep, what few would like to give away, yet what none would wish to keep? A bed.
5 What has feet but cannot run, eyes but cannot see, ears but cannot hear? A dead man.
6 If you fell into the river what would happen to you at first? You would get wet.
7 Why is marriage a failure? Because the bride doesn't marry the best man.
8 If twelve men sat down to eat(continues on next page)- Collector
- May Kennedy
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- John Heenan
- Gender
- Male