School: Rear Cross, Newport (roll number 12124)
- Location:
- Rear Cross, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Pilib Ó Muireadhaigh
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- 70 When will water stop running down a hill?
When it is at the bottom.
71 What is the way to make a breeches last?
To make the coat and vest first.
72 Why is Ireland compared to a bottle?
Because there is a cork on the end of it.
73 Why does the oven wear a white hat?
To cover it's head.
74 What has legs and cannot walk?
A breeches
75 'Tis black and red and raging mad and the pleasant-est thing we ever had
A fire
76 Riddle me riddle me Auntie O my father gave me some seeds to sow, the seeds were black and the ground was white , riddle me that again Saturday night.
A letter. - Collector
- Patrick Griffin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coonmore, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Thomas Griffin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coonmore, Co. Tipperary
- 77 How would you know the age of a turkey?
By the teeth.
78 Why does a does turn around twice before lying down?
Because one good turn deserves another.
79 How is a shoemakers' shop compared to Hell?
Because there are bad soles in it.(continues on next page)
