School: Rear Cross, Newport (roll number 12124)

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1. A Funny Story (continued)

   

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2. A Funny Story

   

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   There was a mason working with a parish priest in Newport. One Saturday night he was paying him his wages for his week's work. "Now John", said the priest, "I must give you a small drop of whiskey and it is as good as you ever drank". " It is seven years old". "By gor, Father", said John, " It is very small for its age"

   

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3. A Collection of Riddles

   

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   1. Old mother twitchet she had but one eye and a long tail which she let fly and every time she went into the gap, she left a bit of her tail in the trap A needle and thread. 2. What would make more noise than a pig under a gate? Two pigs. 3. What is a horse's shoe like? A mare's shoe. 4. Spell the red rogue of the world in three letters. Fox. 5. Headed like a thimble, tail like a rat, you may guess for ever and you will never guess that

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   James Deere

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Barr na dTuaimíní, Co. Thiobraid Árann

   Informant

   John Quigley

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Barr na dTuaimíní, Co. Thiobraid Árann