School: Lios Uí Chearbhaill (C.), Malla (roll number 12016)
- Location:
- Liscarroll, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Bean Uí Dhuibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0367, Page 200
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- Why did Adam ite the apple Eve gave him? Because he had no knife.
Why is a pig's tail like the letter K? Because it is at the end of pork.
What is the quickest way to cover a chair? To sit on it.
What has four legs, and cannot walk? Two pairs of trousers.
Why are traffic beacons annoying? Because they are put up to make people cross.
Why is a pair of skates like a an apple? Because they both caused the fall of man.
What is better than presence of mind in a railway accident?
Absence of body.
Why is fashion like a blank cartridge? Because it is all powder and puff.
Why do we buy clothes? Because we cannot get them for nothing.
What most goes against a farmer's grain? His reaper.
What is the difference between an European dictator and a beggar? One issues manifestoes, and the other manifests toes without toes.
Why is a gaoler like a musician? Because he fingers the keys.
Why is a nail fast in the wall like an old feeble man? Because it is in firm (inform)
What is the difference between an angler, and a dunce? One baits his hook, and the other hates his book.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Breda Stack
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knockardbane, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Cornelius Stack
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 59
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Knockardbane, Co. Cork
