School: Ballyhurst, Tipperary (roll number 4562)
- Location:
- Ballyhusty, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Stás, Bean Uí Fhloinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0579, Page 132
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- Why is a spoon like a runaway horse? Because they both cause a stir.
Where do you always find the cart before the horse? In the dictionary.
Why is a jersey like a grass-hopper? Because they are both jumpers.
Around the house, around the house and sleeps in the corner all? A sweeping brush.
Why does a lady look up to the moon? Because she sees a man in it.
Use me well and I am everybody, scratch my back and I am nobody? A looking glass.
Why is a dead duck like a dead doctor? Because the both have oh stopped quacking.
When was beef the highest it had every been? When the cow jumped over the moon.
What key is a poisonous one? Whiskey.
What is everybody doing at the same time? Growing old
- Collector
- May O' Brien
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Corrogemore, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Mr O' Brien
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Corrogemore, Co. Tipperary
