School: Urbal (roll number 13170)
- Location:
- Urbal, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Eamonn de Faoite
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1038, Page 371
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- Why does a cow look over a ditch? She can not look through it.
What goes up when the rain comes down? An Umbrella.
How do you compare a postage stamp to a school master? One sticks with a lick and the licks with a stick.
When was beef the highest? When the cow jumped over the moon.
What side of the donkey is the most hair on? The outside.
Why is Ireland like a bottle? Because it has a cork in it.
If Ireland were flooded what County's would float? Cork & Down.
Where did Noah hit the first nail? On the head.
There was a man of Adam's race. He had a certain dwelling place. It was not in heaven or any place where man did dwell? Jonah in the whale.
Londonderry Cork Kerry spell that without a k? That.
What is long narrow and not very wide and wears a green selve-edge on every side? A road.
What piece of money does the Kings? A crown.
How compare a school-master to the driver of a train? One trains the mind and they other minds the train.
What is higher when the head is off? A pillow.
How could you make 4 nines into one hundred? 999/9 [99+9 over 9]
What walks with its head down? A nail in your boot.
What can man do that God can not do? Get up and let a better one sit down.
