School: Derryvoney
- Location:
- Doire Mhóna, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: Mary Ní Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0970, Page 056
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- (continued from previous page)touch it it wont touch you.
A. A nettle
Q. Hickedy pickedy on the wall Hickedy pickedy got a great fall and all the men in Ireland would not put it together again.
A. An egg.
Q. When did Ruth treat Bong badly.
A. When she pulled his ears and trod on his corn.
Q. What is that we all eat and drink though it is sometimes a woman and sometimes a man.
A. A toast.
Q. Why would a tanner makes chemist
A. Because he understands ox hides.
Q. Why are you better looking than a carpenter.
A. Because he is a deal plainer.
Q. Why are there three objections to (makes) a glass of brandy.
A. Because there are three scruples to a dram.
Q. Which is the longest word in the English language.
A. Smiles because there is a mile between the first word and the last.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Seamus Timmon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cluain Eithne, Co. an Chabháin
- Informant
- Hugh Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cluain Eithne, Co. an Chabháin
