School: Gort Sceithe (roll number 13062)
- Location:
- Gortskehy, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Cléirigh
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- (continued from previous page)229. Why is a philanthropist like a van horse?
( He always stops at the sound of woe)
230.Why is the first chick of a newly- hatched brood like a foremast of a vessel?
(Because it is forward to the main hatch)
231. When does a cow become landed property ?
(when it is turned into a field)
232. What word in the English language is both sweet and sour?
(Tart)
233.What insect lives on nothing?
(A moth, because it eats holes)
234.Which burns longer, a wax or a tallow candle?
(Neither , they both burn shorter)
235.Name the most fragile race of men.
( Chinamen)
236. Which is the best way to swallow a door?
(Bolt it)
237. Why is cow's tail like a swan's breast?
(It grows down)
238. Why is the letter w like a scandalmonger?
( It makes ill will)
239.In one word express having encountered a doctor of medicine?
( Metaphisician)
240. Why are duels very brief affairs?
( Because it requires only two seconds to arrange them)
241. When is a schoolmaster like a man with one eye?
( When he has vacancy for a pupil)
242.What goes most against the farmer's grain?
( A reaping machine)(continues on next page)- Collector
- Tomás Ó Cléirigh
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
- Address
- Annefield, Co. Mayo