School: Eaglais an Chlocháin
- Location:
- Aglish, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Foghludha
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- (continued from previous page)hair? (Because it has waves on it.)
Why is the letter a like twelve o'clock? (Because it is in the middle of day)
Why are sailors very careful men? (Because they try to be wreckless)
What is the principal part of a horse? (The main (mane) part.)
Can you change a boy into a man with three letters? (A.G.E.)
Why is a sick man like a window? (Because the man has pains and the window has panes.)
Why does a donkey eat thistles? (Because he is an ass.)
Look at your hand and you'll see what never was and never will be? (Two fingers the same length.
Two brothers were born in March their birthday was in September, one of them married his mother and the other died (dyed) an old maid. (The two brothers were born in a place called March in the month of September. One of them married his mother. (he was a priest) who was a widow and the other coloured an old maid's hair.)- Collector
- Sheila Reddan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Feigh, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- John Reddan
- Relation
- Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Feigh, Co. Tipperary