School: Gaile, Caisleán Mumhan (roll number 15299)
- Location:
- Gaile, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Meachair
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- Q. Why does a hen cross the road.
A. To go to the other side.
Q. What makes a pair of boots. A. Two
Q. What does not a train want and cannot run without it. A. Noise
Q. Once in a minute, twice in a moment and never in a thousand years. A. The letter M
Q. What is it that has a tongue and cannot speak. A. Boot.
Q. Why do we buy cloths.
A. Because we cannot get them for nothing.
Q. When is a trunk like two letters of the alphabet. A. When it is M T
Q. How many peas in a pint. A. One P
Q. Why is a tight shoe like a fine Summer. A. Because it makes the corn grow.
Q. Why does a lady look at the moon. A, Because she sees a man in it.
- Collector
- Martin Hewitt
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballytarsna, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Martin Hewitt
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballytarsna, Co. Tipperary
