School: Clochar na Trócaire, Dún Drongáin (roll number 7232)
- Location:
- Drangan, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Siúracha na Trócaire
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0557, Page 121
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- (continued from previous page)Q. Black and white and read all over.
A. A newspaper.
Q. As black as ink, as white as milk and hops ont he road like hailstones?
A. A magpie.
Q. Ink, ank, under bank ten drawing four?
A. A person milking a cow.
Q. What is the difference between a water pipe and a mad Dutchman?
A. One is a hollow cylinder and the other is a silly Hollander.
Q. What is difference between a sick elephant and a dead bee?
A. One is a seedy beast and the other is a bee deceased.
Q. Why are people who are stone deaf like Swiss cuckoo clocks?
A Because we cannot make them here.
Q. How many hairs are there in a dog's tail?
A. None, they are all on the outside.
Q. How many cows' tails would reach the sky?
A. One if 'twas long enough.
Q. Why is a dog's tail like the inside of a tree?
A. Because it is the farthest from the bark.
Q. Why is a short negro like a white man?
A. Because he is not at all black.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Teresa Walshe
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Magowry, Co. Tipperary
