School: Dungimmon
- Location:
- Dungummin Lower, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Mrs Flynn
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- (continued from previous page){A scissors}
- Why is a white horse compared to a barracks?
{Because it has a black hole}
Black and white and red all over.
{The news paper}
Whats the difference between an umbrella and a woman
{You can shut up an umbrella but you can't shut up a woman}
A long legless man came up to my door and said put in your ducks I am not afraid of your dogs
{A maggot}
Smoking in the wood and no fire.
{Cows dung}
I sat down and looked through my winkers and saw the dead burying the live.
{Coal afire}
Old mother Twichett had but one eye and a long tail which she let fly and(continues on next page) - Collector
- Sarah Cassidy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Dungummin Lower, Co. Cavan
