School: Baile Thomáis, Gabhailín (roll number 15407)
- Location:
- Baile Thomáis, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: Éamonn Ó Dubhlaine
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- (continued from previous page)What is it the more you take from it the bigger it gets. A Grave.What is it that you can catch but you cannot see. A Cold.Why is the letter G compared to a plum-cake.
Because it makes a lad glad.What is the difference between a conundrum and children sitting on a bun. One is a conundrum and the other is a bunundrum.What is the difference between a tree and an aeroplane. One sheds its leaves and the other leaves its shed.Why does a donkey eat thistles. Because he is an ass. - I have a little house and a mouse would not fit in it and all the men in Kerry would not count how many windows in it.
A Thimble.Up chip cherry and down chip cherry and all the men in Kerry would not climb chip cherry. Smoke.What is it that goes around the house and lodges on the King's table. Salt.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Alice Hourigan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Baile na Cloiche, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Informant
- John Hourigan
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Baile na Cloiche, Co. Thiobraid Árann