School: Cullies
- Location:
- Cullies, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: James Clarke
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1014, Page 119
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- (continued from previous page)If a person build a wall from here to Carrickmacross what height would it be?
The height of nonsense.
As I went to the fair of Athy I met seven man and their seven wives and each man had seven sacks and each sack had had seven cats, cats, sacks, men, and wives how manyw ere going to the fair of Athy. One.
Why does a tramp wear a short coat?
Because it will be long enough before he gets another.
What is full during the day an empty at night? A shoe.
Long am legless came to our door stepless, he said keep in your hens I am not afraid of your dogs. A worm.
What goes round the wood and round the wood and never gets into the wood?
The bark of a tree.
The beginning of eternity the end of time and space the beginning of every end and the end of every race.
The letter e
Where was Moses when the light went out? In the dark.
What man wears the biggest hat?(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Anna Lynch
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Droim Shaileach Thuaidh, Co. an Chabháin
