School: Cluainín (roll number 13231)
- Location:
- Cloneen, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Éamonn Ó Néill
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- (continued from previous page)What goes to Dublin and never move.? The road.
What has four legs and bellows? Two blacksmiths.
What stick does not grow in a wood? A candle-stick.
Which is the grey or the white one the gander?
Neither
Why does a hen pick a pot? Because she could not lick it.
Why does a hen cross the road? Because the other side would not come to her.
Twenty six (sick) sheep went out a gap one died and how came back? Ninteen.
There was a man rode through this town Great Grizzle was his name. He saddled bags was gilt with gold, and there three times I have told his name? Was.
Cork and Kerry Londonderry spell me that without a k? That.
What wig does a hairdresser dress? An earwig.
Here is to the cock that crew in America(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Boland
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tullowcossaun, Co. Tipperary
