School: Gearrbhaile (Garbh-dhoire?) (roll number 12110)
- Location:
- Garbally, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Mícheál Mac Giollabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0077, Page 168
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- Two dead men got up to fight, two dumbies went for the guards and two blind men were looking onn?
Ans. A lie.
Why does a hen cross the road?
Ans. To get to the other side.
Two black men and one white man went in a car. The two black men ate the white man what was the number of the car?
Ans. 281.
As I went up a hill of plunder I saw a great wonder. Three pots boiling and no fire under?
Ans. Three wells.
It goes under the water and over the water and yet it does not touch the water?
Ans. An egg in a duck.
There was an ass on one side of a river and a sheaf of oats on the other side. The ass wanted to get the sheaf. He did not cross the river, jump it, or swim it. How did he get the sheaf?
Ans. He did not mind it.
What does a football do when it stops running
Ans. It looks round.
Four little bottles on the top of a hill, turned upside down and none of them can spill?(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Michael Mc Dermott
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 89
- Address
- Colmanstown, Co. Galway
