School: Rathnew
- Location:
- Ráth Naoi, Co. Chill Mhantáin
- Teacher: D. Ó Drisceóil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0927, Page 016
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- (continued from previous page)He said his father died seven years before he was born. His father was a dyer of cloth.
Why are railway tracks like blankets. Because they both cover sleepers.
What was the first Bet? The Alphabet.
Father and mother, sister and brother, all day running and can't get up to each other. The four wheels of a motor-car.
If a man got £2 for lighting lamps, what h would he get for putting them out? A long stick with a crook on the end of it.
A house full, a room full, and could not catch a spoonfull. Smoke.
What part of a cow goes into the field first? Her breath.
What is the difference between a Rathnew man and a Wicklow man? Two miles.
Brothers and sisters, I have none, but that mam's father was(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Thomas Marah
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ráth Naoi, Co. Chill Mhantáin
- Informant
- Mary Marah
- Relation
- Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
- Gender
- Female
