School: Templeglantine (B.) (roll number 2359)
- Location:
- Templeglentan, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Maitiú Ó Duilleáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0492, Page 072
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- (continued from previous page)Two black men were motoring with a white man one day, the two black men ate the white man what was the number of the car?
281.
What county in Ireland is compared to a candle nearly burned out?
Wicklow.
Why is a baker a silly fellow?
Because he parts with what he kneads.
What walks with its head downwards?
A nail in your boot.
What time is it when there are ten pieces in a coat?
Time to get a new one.
Old mother Tcitchet [?] had but one eye and a very long tail when she let t fly every time she went over a gap she left a piece of her tail in a trap.
A needle and tread.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Séumus Ó Laodhcha
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Abbeyfeale, Co. Limerick
