School: Baile an Churraigh
- Location:
- Ballincurry, Co. Galway
- Teacher: A. L. Ó Maoileannaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0015, Page 490
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- (continued from previous page)A: 1 cwt. (4 qrs.)
11. Q. Whats half the moon like:
A: the other half.
12. Q: Why are dead men like bad stockings.
A: Because their souls are departed. (soles).
13. Q: Why is a conceited person like a music book.
A: Because she is full of airs.
14. Q: Why is it dangerous to take a nap in a train.
A: the train runs on sleepers.
15.Q: When is the country dangerous:
A: When the trees are shooting and bull rushes out.
16. Q: Whats the length of a man's shirt.
A: A little above two feet.
17. Q: Why doesn't it matter if a beggars shirt is short.
A: It will be long enough before he gets another.
18.Q: I sat on my hunkers and looked through my winkers, and saw the dead burying the live.
A: Ashes on fire.
19. Q: Good morning, young man, with your wife behind you. Good morning said he, but 'pon me word she isnt me wife, nor never intends to be, for her mother is Grandmother, then how near is(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary K. Mee
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballincurry, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Michael Mee
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballincurry, Co. Galway
