School: Annacarter
- Location:
- Mullinaveige, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Mary C. Mulligan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0917, Page 292
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- Q. Why is the North of Ireland so much like a Church
A. Because it has a Belfast in it.
Q. Says the child to the father how has it come that you are my father and Im not your son.
A. The child was a daughter.
Q. A fiddler in Cork had a brother a fiddler in Limerick but the fiddler in Limerick had no brother.
A. The fiddler in Cork was a Sister.
Q. Why is a new fashioned motor car so much like an old fashioned woman
A. Because it groans
Q. There did a man ride through this town great Grisle was his name his saddle girths were guilt with gold and thats three times ive told his name.
A. His was the mans name.
Q. I have a little sister she sits in the hall and when I go near her she roars and she balls.
A. A bell.(continues on next page)
