School: Bigstone, Baltinglas (roll number 14643)
- Location:
- Ballyraggan, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Héilighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0782, Page 121
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- How many cows'tails would reach the sky? One if it was long enough.
What is the last thing you do before you get into bed? Take your feet off the floor.
Why are flowers lazy? Because they are always in their beds.
What walks with its head down? A stud in a boot.
What has a head and no face? A match.
Twenty four sheep standing in a stall. Up comes a red one and licks them all? Your teeth and your tongue.
What has two eyes and cannot see? A scissors.
What is the shyest thing in the world? A clock because it has its hands on its face.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Rosie Somers
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knockfield, Co. Kildare
