School: An t-Iubhar (Ture)
- Location:
- An tIúr, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Teacher: -
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1113, Page 244
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- (continued from previous page)Q: How would you compare the point of a dog's tail to the heart of a trunk of a tree?
A: Because both of them is the furtherest away from the bark.
Q: Why does the dog turn around a few times before lying down in his bed?
A: Because he does not know the head of the bed from the foot.
Q: What is the first thing you do when you get into bed?
A: Leave your track on it.
Q: What is the difference between a man dancing and a hornpipe and a clock?
A: The clock points the time with her hands and the man points the time with his feet.
Q: A flock of white sheep on a red hill, here they go, there they go, now they stand still.
A: Your teeth in your gumbs.
Q: Why does a cow look over a hill?
A: Because she can not look through the hill.
Q: I have a mare with a iron throat the harder she gallops she swallows the rope?
A: A sewing machine.
Q: What wears its heart in its head?
A: A cabbage.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Susan Doherty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An tIúr, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Informant
- Michael Doherty
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Address
- An tIúr, Co. Dhún na nGall
