School: Rathnew
- Location:
- Rathnew, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: D. Ó Drisceóil
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- (continued from previous page)drinks none at all? A fire.
Why is a tall girl lazier than a small one? Because a tall girl lies longer than a small one. What has a car that is no good to it, yet the car can't go without it? Noise.
Could you get down off a horse? No. Why? Because there is no down on a horse. Why is the "T" like an island? Because it is in the middle of water.
What has teeth but cannot eat? A comb.
Two dead men fighting, two blind men looking on, two cripples running for help and two dummies saying hurrie, hurrie on? A lie.
As I was going to the fair of Athy, I met a man with seven wives, the seven wives had seven cats the seven cats had seven kitts, how many were going to the fair of Athy? One man.- Collector
- Bella Charls
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Rathnew, Co. Wicklow
- Informant
- Ralph Charls
- Relation
- Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
- Gender
- Male