School: Cros-Bhóthar (roll number 14688)
- Location:
- Pollacorragune, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Seán Ó Maoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0039, Page 0019
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- (continued from previous page)15) Why is rain on the roof of a house like a clock?
Because it runs down.
16) When is a bucket of water sad?
When it is upset.
17) How could you pick up red hot coals without burning your fingers?
Pick them up with a pair of tongs.
18) What house can be built of stone and yet not be heavy? A light-house.
19) When is a foot-man like a key?
When he opens a door.
20) When is a ship like a room?
When it is boarded.
- 1) Why is the letter A like twelve o'clock?
Because it is in the middle of the day.
2) I went out in the garden and brought in what I did not want?
A thorn in my foot.
3) What is hot in the day and cold in the night?
The Tongs
4) As I went up towards the steeple. I met three Christian people, they were neither men, women, nor children, and they they were Christian people.
A man, a woman, and a child.(continues on next page)
