School: Na Corráin (roll number 9938/9)
- Location:
- Currans, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Cormac Ó Muircheartaigh
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- The King of Manchester sent to his sister a bottomless vessel for holding raw meat:- a ring.
Londonderry, Cork and Kerry spell me that without a K:- That
What wears the guts outside the skin. A Fiddle
What is the worst nation of all. Damnation.
Two n's, two o's an l and a d put them together and spell them for me. London.
If I had a trousers with any amount of patches what time would it be? Time to get a new one.
What must you do before going down some stairs? Go up.
What is a horse's shoe like? a mare's shoe.
Why is July's sun like a sixpence? Because it is a tanner.
Tis black, tis white, tis read all over: a newspaper.
Dear 2/-
Meet me at the 5/- hotel
Yours truly
1s..6d
Dear Florin,
Meet me at the Crown Hotel
Yours Truly
Bob Tanner.
As round as a marble, as deep as a cup and all the men in Ireland couldn't take it up.
There was a little house and a mouse couldn't sit in it
And all the men in town couldn't count how many windows in it. A Thimble
- Collector
- Tim Brosnan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Reineen, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Mr John Brosnan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Reineen, Co. Kerry
