School: Baile na Martra (B.) (roll number 13647)
- Location:
- Baile na Martra, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Seán de Barra
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0396, Page 019
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- Q. What is always behind time?
A. The back of a clock.
Q. Two legs sitting on three legs. One leg in her lap. In comes four legs and runs away with one leg. Up stands two legs, catches three legs, fires it after four legs to bring back one leg?
A. A dog running away with a leg of mutton from a woman sitting on a stool, with the leg of mutton in her lap.
Q. What would you fill a barrel with to make it lighter?
A. Holes.
Q. If it would take 5 yds. of cloth to make a coat for an elephant, what would it take to make a coat for a flea?
A. A good tailor.
Q. What is the biggest wonder in Europe?
A. That Hungary does not eat Turkey.
Q. What part of a cow goes over the ditch first?
A. Her breath.
Q. Why does a hen pick a pot?
A. Because she could not lick it.
Q. Why is a horse that is always travelling never hungry?
A. Because he always has a bit in his mouth.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Master P. Whyte
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baile na Martra, Co. Chorcaí
- Informant
- Mr J. Whyte
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baile na Martra, Co. Chorcaí
