School: Clonmore, Teampoll Mór (roll number 12541)
- Location:
- Clonmore, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Siobhán, Bean Uí Allmhain
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- (continued from previous page)6 As round as an apple as deep as a pail, it will never cry out till it is caught by the tail?
Answer A bell.
7 How is it a horse is never hungry?
Answer. Because he always has a bit in his mouth.
8 As I went up the hill of wonders, I met forty little devils tearing the hill asunder?
Answer A man harrowing.
9 Two dead men fighting two blind men looking on two cripples running for the police and two dummies telling them to hurry on?
Answer A bag of lies
10 How is a school master compared to an engine driver?
Answer One trains the mind and the other minds the train.
11 Ink, ank under the bank ten drawing four?
Answer A woman milking a cow
12 What side of meat fries first?
Answer The side next the pan.
13 What side of a cup is the handle on?
Answer On the outside.
14 Off it goes upon its toes and never looks behind it?
Answer A train.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Thomas Martin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Clonmore, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Patrick Cunningham
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Clonmore, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Thomas Martin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Clonmore, Co. Tipperary