School: Coiscéim (B.) (roll number 3886)
- Location:
- Kishkeam Lower, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Ceallacháin
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- Two Germans went into a house in Cork one of the Germans was a father to the other German's son what were the two Germans to each other? Husband and wife.
Two Ns two Os one L and one D put them together and spell them for me? London.
Spell black water in three letters? Ink.
Spell broken down ditch in three letters? Gap. Spell red rogue in three letters? Fox.
Cork and Kerry Londonderry spell me that without a K? That
Why does a cow look over the ditch? Because she can not look under it.
What part of a cow goes out the gap first? Her breath.
A fiddler in Cork has a brother in New York, but the fiddler in New York has no brother in Cork? The fiddler in Cork is a girl
What is lighter than a feather?
The dust on the road on a summer day blown by the weather.
As black as ink as white as milk it hops on the road like hail snow.(continues on next page)
