School: Cullahill (C.), Rathdowwney (roll number 13137)

Location:
Cullahill, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Mrs Baird
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  1. Two travellers were travelling on the main road one day. As they were walking along, they came to a house, which had a queer chimney on it. One man said, "I wonder if this chimney draws well"? The other man said "He didn't know"! When they came to the house, however, they saw a boy in the yard, and they were so inquisitive they asked him, "If the chimney drew well"? The boy was cleverer than they thought, and to their astonishment, said: "Well it does, it draws the attention of every Idiot going the road".
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Rhatigan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cullahill, Co. Laois
    Informant
    Mrs Henry Freeman
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    51
    Address
    Cullahill, Co. Laois