School: Ballyhurst, Tipperary (roll number 4562)
- Location:
- Ballyhusty, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Stás, Bean Uí Fhloinn
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- (continued from previous page)snow, and it hops on the road like hail-stones? A magpie
What four letters does a thief dread? O, I, B, U.
What is the more you take out the bigger it gets? A hole in the stocking.
Spell a hole in the fence in three letters? gap.
Why isnt a horse hungry on a journey? Because he always carries a bit in his mouth.
- As round as a marble, as deep as a cup, all the men in Ireland couldn't lift it up? a well.
I have a little man above in the yard when I pull his leg his nose will bleed? A pump.
What is it that never was or never will be? A mouse's nest in a cats ear.
What huge ship never moves? Hardships.
Why is Ireland rich? Because its bapital is always Dublin.
Why is the moon like a hard working carpenter? Because he is putting in beams all day.
Why is honey so scarce in Belfast? Because there is only one bee in it. - Collector
- John O' Donnell
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyhusty, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Patrick O' Donnell
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 42
- Address
- Ballyhusty, Co. Tipperary
