School: Kilmaganny, Thomastown

Location:
Kilmaganny, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
C. Ó Hurdail
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  1. (1) What is the difference between a school-master & a stamp?
    One licks with a stick & the other sticks with a lick
    (2) Why does a cow look over a ditch?
    Because she cant look under it.
    (3) What is the difference between a feather-bed & a watch?
    In a feather-bed, the tick is outside & in the watch, the tick is inside.
    (4) As round as an apple,
    As deep as a cup
    And all the king's horses
    Could not pull it up
    A Well
    (5) What fruit does the penny bear?
    A Date.
    (6) What animal walks on four feet in the morning; two, at midday & three in the evening?
    A man - in the 'morning of life' - hand & feet; in the 'middle of llife' - two feet & in the 'evening of llife' - he walks on his two feet with the help of a stick.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.