School: Baile an Oileáin (B.) (roll number 2808)
- Location:
- Ballinillane, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Eoghan Ua Muircheartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0460, Page 518
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- 1. Four bottle go down a hill soft-corked and never spill - a cow's udder.
2. What key is the hardest to turn? - a donkey.
3. What never has more than one foot? - a stocking.
4. If a spider were late for dinner what would it do? - take a fly.
5. What gives a cold, cures a cold and pays the doctor? - a draft.
6. When is a chair like a lady's dress? - when one sits in it.
7. Why is a dog biting his tail like a good manager? - because he makes both ends meet.
8. When is a soldier not a soldier? - when he is in quarters.
9. Why are the clouds like a coachman - because they hold the rains.
10. Why does a poor man drink coffee? - because he has no proper tea.
11. What is the difference between a cow and a broken-down chair - one gives milk and the other gives way.
12. Why should a doctor keep his temper? - because he would lose his patience.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Willie O' Leary
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyhar, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Michael O' Leary
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 58
- Address
- Ballyhar, Co. Kerry
