School: Ballycumber (B.), St Ciaran's
- Location:
- Ballycumber, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: G. Ó Súilleabháin
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- 1. Make a sentence with every letter in the alphabet in it?
A: John quickly extemporized five worn bags.2. Why is a sailor like a musician?
A; Because he fingers the keys.3. It if took an elephant half a week to walk a year, how many apples in a barrel of grpes, "train" is the answer where does it come in?
A: in the station4. What would make more noise at a gate than a pig?
A. Two pigs5. What is the difference between schoolmsater and a guard of a train?
A: One minds the train, the other trains the mind.6. A head like a thimble a tail like a rat you may guess for ever but you will never guess that.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Thomas Colgan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Moorock, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Mr J. Kenny
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Grogan and Corroe, Co. Offaly