School: Cnoc na Groighe (B.), Ráth Mhór
- Location:
- Knocknagree, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ó Muimhneacháin
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- If a man got sixpence for walking thirty miles, what would he get for walking a hundred miles?
Answer:- Sore feet.
Why is a drawn tooth like something you have forgotten?
Answer:- Because it is gone out of your head.
What is it that has twelve black children a hard-working father and a lazy old mother?
Answer:- A clock.
Why does not a clock strike thirteen?
Answer:- Because it has not the face to do so.
What are three things you cannot find?
Answer:- A shoe for the foot of the hill, a towel to wipe the face of the earth and a sheet for the bed of the ocean(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Tadhg Ó Muimhneacháin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Glangristeen, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Seán Ó Muimhneacháin
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 78
- Address
- Glangristeen, Co. Kerry
