School: Páirc an Iarla (roll number 9303)
- Location:
- Rathpeak, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Mícheál Mac Ceit
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- (continued from previous page)A. When he reflects
Q. What is it a man has not never can have yet can give to a lady
A. A husband
Q. Why is an egg like a colt
A. Because it is not fit for use until broken
Q. What are the most disagreeable articles for a man to keep on his hands
A. Handcuffs
Q. What is that word of three syllables which contains the whole twenty six letters
A. Alphabet
Q. When is a man hospital and a cheat of the same time
A. When he takes any one in
Q. What is the difference between a sailor and the mast head of the ship itself
A.The ship sails the seas to the sails
Q. What boot do you put on first
A. The left one
Q. When is a doctor like an angry man
A. When he loses his patience
Q. Red underneath black in the middle white(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Kenny
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lowtown Kilcashel, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Kieran Kenny
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lowtown Kilcashel, Co. Roscommon
