School: Rear Cross, Newport (roll number 12124)
- Location:
- Rear Cross, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Pilib Ó Muireadhaigh
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- There was a mason working with a parish priest in Newport. One Saturday night he was paying him his wages for his week's work. "Now John", said the priest, "I must give you a small drop of whiskey and it is as good as you ever drank". " It is seven years old". "By gor, Father", said John, " It is very small for its age"
- Collector
- James Deere
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rear Cross, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Matthew Nolan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rear Cross, Co. Tipperary
- 1. Old mother twitchet she had but one eye and a long tail which she let fly and every time she went into the gap, she left a bit of her tail in the trap
A needle and thread.
2. What would make more noise than a pig under a gate? Two pigs.
3. What is a horse's shoe like? A mare's shoe.
4. Spell the red rogue of the world in three letters.
Fox.
5. Headed like a thimble, tail like a rat, you may guess for ever and you will never guess that(continues on next page)
