School: Scoil an Chlochair, Cappamore
- Location:
- An Cheapach Mhór, Co. Luimnigh
- Teacher: An tSr. Fionntán
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- (continued from previous page)What is the shyest thing in the house?
A clock because it always has it's hands up to its face.
What is it that goes from Cork to Dublin without moving?
The railway.
How long did Cain hate his brother?
As long as he was Abel.
Betty inside the ditch, Betty outside the ditch, and if you touch Betty, she would bite you?
A Nettle.
Which Country in Ireland would fit in a bottle?
Cork.
What bed could you not get a sheet for?
A flower bed.
- About twenty years ago, there lived an old man at Glenstal,who was known by the name of Jack the Rat. He was a shoemaker by trade.
The back of his house, which was very small, was on one level with the field on which it was built.
it was a usual thing for all the local boys to resort there every evening. This evening,as he was still working, his supper of bacon and(continues on next page)
