School: Charleville, Tullamore

Location:
Charleville Demesne, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
S. Ó Bhealóg
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    Q) How would you make a thin baby fat. ¶ A) Take it and put it out through the window and let it fall down plump.

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    (Q) How would you make a thin baby fat
    (A) Take it and ot it out through the window and let it fall down plump
    (Q) Black and white and read all over
    A) a paper
    (Q) 6 ft by three is my degree there's no house right without me reverse me the other way and I am 40 perch exactly
    A) A door
    (Q) How many bulls tails would it take to reach the moon
    A) One if it were long enough
    Q) Why is a dead doctor so much like a dead duck
    A) Because they are both finished quacking
    Q) What brings the starlings with the crows
    A) Their wings
    Q) Long legs short thys little head and no eyes
    A) A tongs
    Q) Why does a hen cross a road
    A) To get to the other side
    Q Londonderry, Cork and Kerry spell me that without a k
    A That
    Q Can a bird sit on a tree and bark
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bessie Bagnall
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonminch, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Mrs Bagnall
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonminch, Co. Offaly