School: Cill Bheoláin (B.), Áth an Mhuilinn, Ráth Luirc
- Location:
- Cill Bhláin, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Séaghdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0369, Page 106
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- Why does a hen peck a pot? = Because she cannot lick it.
Why does a cow look over a fence? = Because she could not look under it.
"I went to the wood and I got it. I looked for it and I could not find it. Still I brought it home with me."? = A thorn.
The King of England gave to his daughter a bottomless vessel to hold raw meat? = A ring.
Four little bottles on top of a hill were all turned down & still would not spill? = A cow's paps.
I went up the "boreen" & down the "boreen" & I took the "boreen" on my back? = A ladder.
Why is the Milford hurling team like a Wild Woodbine packet? = Because there is not a "Player" in it.
Why does a chicken cross the road? = To get to the other side.
What is the difference between an engine driver & a teacher? = One minds his train and the other trains the mind.
If Jack's father was Paddy's brother what was Jack to Paddy's mother? = Grandson.
What is it that, if you say it, you break it? = Silence.
- Collector
- Daniel Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Áth an Mhuilinn, Co. Chorcaí
- Informant
- Mr P.M. Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 47
- Address
- Áth an Mhuilinn, Co. Chorcaí
- Informant
- Mrs P.M. Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 42
- Address
- Áth an Mhuilinn, Co. Chorcaí
