School: Clinstown (roll number 4193)
- Location:
- Baile an Chluinnigh, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Teacher: S. Ó Dúnlaing
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- (continued from previous page)and brought in the leg of mutton.Q. As I was passing up by a wall, I saw two dead men fighting, two blind men looking on, two cripples going for the peelers, and two dummies shouting, "hurry on?"
A. A lie.Q. Four lilly landers, four stick standers, two lookers, two crookers and a flybeater?
A. A cow.Q. What is the coldest part of a dog?
A. His nose.Q. Ballysalla hill, spell me that, without an "l"?
A. t h a t. - 9.
Q. I have a roomful and couldn't catch a spoonful?
A. Smoke.Q. What is all holes and still holds water?
A. A sponge.Q. What has five hundred legs, and can't walk?
A. Two hundred and fifty pairs of trousers.Q. What turns without moving?
A. Milk turns sour.Q. What man Dublin wears the largest hat?(continues on next page)- Collector
- Peggy Carrigan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Baile an Chluinnigh, Co. Chill Chainnigh