School: Baile Chíorbhaic, Domhnach Mór (roll number 1691)
- Location:
- Ballykerwick, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cathasaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0347, Page 018
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“As round as a marble, as flat as a pan, the whole of a woman the half of a man.”
(continued from previous page)house.
A. Because there is not a single person in it.
R. Two brothers born in March one had a birthday in June and the other in September one married his mother and the other died an old maid.
A. They were born in a town called March, one had a birthday in June and the other in September, one became a priest and married his Mother and the other died an old maids hair.
R. Four little bottles in top of a hill their goals turned down and they could not spill.
A. The Cows Paps.
R. What bleeds from the nose when you shake hands with it.
A. A pump.
R. What is marrying all his life and yet is single.
A. A priest.
R. What day can children talk the most.
A. The longest day.
R. What bawls out when it is caught by the tail.
A. A bell.
R. Two inn's two oo's an l and a D put them together and spell them for me.
A. London.
R. Why is an artists career a tragic one.
A. Because he makes faces and busts.(continues on next page)