School: Cill Chóirne (C.) (roll number 8829)
- Location:
- Kilcorney, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Shúilleabháin
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Why is a street door like a barrel of whiskey?
Because it is frequently tapped.
When is a boat like a heap of snow?
When it is in a drift.
What is the difference between a spendthrift and a feather bed?
One is herd up and the other is soft down.
What is the difference between a dairy maid and a swallow?
One skims milk and the other skims water.
What is that which never was and never will be?
A mouse's nest in a cat's ear.
Why is on industrous tailor never at home?
Because he is always cutting out.
What is the difference between a grasshopper and a grass widow?
None, as both will jump at the first chance.
A weaver had a brother, a tailor and the tailor had no brother a weaver?
It was the tailor's sister that was the weaver.
Why is a miser like a man with a bad memory?
He is always forgetting(continues on next page)
