School: Gallen
- Location:
- Gallen, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: T.R. Goodwin
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- (continued from previous page)(10) As round as a cup,
As deep as a pail,
It never cries out;
'Till its caught by the tail!
A bell
- (1) If a man got one pound for walking one mile, what would he get for walking twenty miles?
Sore feet.
(2) If there was twenty patches on a trousers what time would it be?
Time to get a new one.
(3) What goes up the chimney with its head down?
A nail in a sweeps boot.
(4) Flies high flies low wears boots and has none?
A football(continues on next page) - Collector
- Mr John Bell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Glyn, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Mr Jack Bell
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Glyn, Co. Offaly
