School: Cúlfada (roll number 13763)
- Location:
- Culfadda, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Liam Barún
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0186, Page 003
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- Q. What bird would we die without ?
A. A swallow.
Q. Why is a hungry man like a glutton ?
A. One longs to eat and the other eats too long .
Q. Why do girls like looking at the moon ?
A. Because there is a man in it.
Q. Why is a mouse like grass ?
A. Because the cat 'll (cattle) eat it.
Q. Why is a jailer like a musician ?
A. Because he fingers the keys.
Q. Why are policemen like the days of man ?
A. Because they are numbered.
Q. Mrs. Ticket has but one eye & a long tail in which she lets fly & every time she goes over the gap she leaves a bit of her tail in the trap ?
A. A needle and thread.
Q. Where was the first nail struck ?(continues on next page)
- Collector
- May Shannon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Culfadda, Co. Sligo
