School: Iubhrach (roll number 8074)

Location:
Úrach, Co. Liatroma
Teacher:
Cristíne Ní Shíoda
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  1. (continued from previous page)
    6. What has eyes and no facce? _(A potato).
    7. Where was Dan O'Connel goind when he was thirty-six years of age.
    A. He was going into his 37th year.
    8, London, Derry, bark, and Kerry,
    Spell me that without a k. _ (That).
    9. What is the difference between a rejected lover and a devoted husband?
    A. One kisses the mrs. and the other misses the kisses.
    10. Said the child to it's father,
    "How does it come that you are my father, And I am not your son?"
    A. It was his daughter.
    11. What is cut in the wood,
    And sounds in the town,
    And earns it's master many a pound.
    A. A fiddle.
    12. Headed like a thimble,
    Tailed like a rat.
    You may guess for ever
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
        1. tomhaiseanna (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    K. Gonigle
    Address
    Doire an Locháin, Co. Liatroma