School: Beárna, Galbally (roll number 12655)
- Location:
- Barna, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: C. Ó Máirtín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0512, Page 475
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- Why does a donkey prefer thistles than grass?
Because he is an ass.
Who was the fastest runner in the world?
Adam, because he was the first in human race.
When is a clock hungry?
When its going to eight.
What has four legs and flies?
Two birds.
What dose the artist like to draw best?
His salary of course.
As I went out a slippery gap I met my uncle Davy I cut off his head and left his body easy?
A head of cabbage.
Thirsty white horse upon a red hill they camp and they stand still?
Your teeth.
As black as ink as white as milk and it hops on the ground like hailstones.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Josie Martin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Boolanlisheen, Co. Limerick
