School: Effernan, Cill an Dísirt
- Location:
- Effernan, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Seán de Nógla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0603, Page 175
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Q.When was Adam married?
A.Upon his wedding Eve.
Q.Ink ink under a bank ten drawing four.?
A.A woman milking a cow.
Q.Adam and Eve and pinch me went out to the tide to bathe .Adam and Eve got dressed ,and which of them got saved.
A. pinch me.
Q.Two dead men fighting ,two blind men looking on,two cripples running for a priest ,two dummies shouting hurry on?
A,A lie.
Q.Why does a donkey prefer thistles to corn?
A.because he is an ass.
Q.The man that made it never wore it,and the man that wore never saw it?
A. A coffin.
Q.Where was Moses when the light went out?
A In the dark.
Q.A houseful and a roomful you could not take a spoonful?
A.Smoke.
Q.What is a mare's shoe like?
A.A horse shoe.
Q.It is in the priest's and it is not in the people .it is in the earth ,and it is not in the stones?(continues on next page)
