School: Ráithín (B.) (roll number 9304)
- Location:
- Raheen, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ua Cróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0456, Page 511
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- I. As round as an apple, as flat as a iron, half a woman and half a man.
Answer - Penny
II. Why does a hen pick a pot.
Answer - she cannot lick it
III. On what month does a child cry least
Answer - February being the shortest
IV. As round as an apple, as plump as a ball
Can climb over steeple, church and all
Answer - the sun
V. Why are tall men the laziest?
Answer - they are the longest in bed
VI. Where are kings crowned?
Answer - On the head
VII. If a man had twenty patches on his trousers what time would it be?
Answer - time to get new one
