School: Gusserane
- Location:
- Gusserane, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Bríghid, Bean Nic Fheorais
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0871, Page 309
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- (continued from previous page)all the king's horses would not draw it up?
The moon shining in a well.
I have a small little pony gay and slim
With a long white flowing tail on him,
Now there is a man with a brassy hood
Driving him through the wood?
A needle and white thread and a thimble.
Two brothers we are, great burden we bear
Which we are sorely oppressed.
Well, we may say we are full in the day
And empty when we go to rest?
A pair of boots.
Why is a shoe-maker's shop like hell?
Because there are many bad soles (souls) in it.
Three brothers were walking along a road one night and they came to a cottage where there were children. One of them said "I will go in to see my little nieces" and the other said "I will go in to see my little nephews" and the third said "I will go into see them all and they are neither nieces or nephews of mine. What relation was he to them?
Their father.
What is the difference between a watch-maker and a jailer?
One sells watches and the other watches cells.
Where did the cock crow when the world heard(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie Ryan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Garryduff, Co. Wexford
