School: Glendalough
- Location:
- Glendalough, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Bean Uí Ghabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0917, Page 375
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- 1 Q. As black as ink as white as milk and hops on the ground like hail stones?
A. A magpie
2 Q. Why is the letter F like a banana skin.
A. Because both make all fall.
3 Q. Why is a ladies jumper like a piece of orange peel?
A. Because it is easy to slip on.
4 Q. What is it that occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a year?
A. The letter m
5 Q. Why was the man about to hit somebody like a clock with the hands at 12:59?(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máirín Ní Bhroin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derrybawn, Co. Wicklow
- Informant
- Patrick Byrne
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 40
- Occupation
- Officer
- Address
- Derrybawn, Co. Wicklow
