School: Matehy, Inniscarra
- Location:
- Saint Ann's Hill, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Conchobhar Ó Liatháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0347, Page 219
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- 1. Question:- Why are birds like farmers?
Answer:- Because they depend on their crops for support.
2. Q:- Which has the hardest work tea or coffee?
A:- Tea, because while coffee can settle down tea must stand and draw.
3. Q:- As I was going up a slippery gap I met my Anty Joany she had thimber toes and an iron nose and pon my word she'd frighten the crows.
A:- A gun.
4. Q:- Why can the world never come to an end?
A:- Because it is round.
5. Q:- Behind the house there is a well and in the well there is a cup and in the cup there is a sup which every one shall take?
A:- A Ded man.
6. Q:- Which side of a penny bares the most fruit?
A:- The date.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Owen Coleman
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Ballyshoneen, Co. Cork
