School: Woodland (roll number 8464)
- Location:
- Woodland, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Mrs Crossan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1085, Page 51
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- (continued from previous page)a tall one and a small one. The tall one was the father of the small one but the small one was not the son of the tall man. What was the small one to the tall one?
(The daughter)
(10) Why is an empty room like a house full of married people?
(Because there is not a single person in it)
(11) Pray tell me ladies if you can who is this very peculiar man. Although he has married many a wife he may still live single all his life.
(A clergyman)
(12) What is the difference between a wet day and a man with toothache?
(One is roaring with pain and the other is pouring with rain)
(13) What is the difference between a sure horse and a blacksmith?
(One is a sure horse and the other is a horse shoer)
- (1) Seven white ladies dressed in white. They all took the fever and died one night.
(seven candles)
(2) I have a wee bird and when she goes out she needs to be wise. She carries her wisdom beyond her wing and seeks her lodging far from home.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Celia Maguire
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyraine, Co. Donegal
