School: Park (roll number 9717)
- Location:
- Kilclammon, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Elizabeth Hogan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0898, Page 061
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- What is the shyest thing in a house?
A clock because it has its hands on its face.
Little Miss Nettycoat in her white petticoat the longer she stands the shorter she grows.
A candle.
Why is Bewley Street a mile long?
Because there are eight Furlongs living in it.
What part of a cow goes out in the gaps the field?
Her breath.
Why is bread on a plate like a race horse?
Because it is high bread.
Use me well and I am somebody turn my back and I am nobody?
A looking glass.
Why does a donkey eat thistles?
Because he is an ass.
How is the tailors thimble like the sea?
Because there is no bottom in it.
What is that that is brought to the table cut and is never eaten.
A deck of cards(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eileen O' Neill
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballymacar, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- Michael Byrne
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballymacar, Co. Wexford
