School: Cnocán an Teampaill, Ros Gréine
- Location:
- Knockantemple, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Nic Aodhagáin
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- (continued from previous page)Q. What has pains and does not feel them
Ans. A window
Q. when should you loose your temper
Ans. When it is a bad one
Q. Why is a miser like a man with a bad memory
Ans. He is always forgetting
Q. What turns without moving
Ans. New milk into Sour milk
Q. What did I buy the two halfpenny candles for
Ans. a penny
Q. Why does a cow look over the ditch
Ans. Because she could not look under it
Q. What is half of the moon like
Ans. The other half
Q. What is the shyest thing in the world
Ans. A clock because it keeps its hands to its face
Q. Spell the little red rogue in three letters
Ans. Fox
Q. Why is k like a pigs tail tail.
Ans. Because it is at the end of pork(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Bridget Moloney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Hill's-lot, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Mrs Delaney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Railstown, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Paddy Power
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Railstown, Co. Tipperary
