School: Ballymartle (roll number 7361)
- Location:
- Ballymartle, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Patrick Kelleher
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- 1. As I went over Riverstick bridge I saw a black man standing. I cut off his head and drank his blood and left his body standing
Answer. A bottle of stout.
2. Would you rather a bone without meat or a bare bone
Answer. A bone without meat because there could be a lot of fish on it
3. Where was Moses when the light went out
Answer. He was in the dark.
4. Why does a hen peck a pot
Answer. Because she could not lick it
5. What is it that a cow has and no other animal ever had it
Answer. a calf
- Collector
- Cait Daly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Corruragh, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Tim Daly
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Corruragh, Co. Cork
