School: Achadh Mór
- Location:
- Aghamore, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán P. Mac Shiúrtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0112, Page 147
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- (continued from previous page)A. A hole in the ground.
Q. The man that made it never wore it the man that wore it never saw it.
A. A coffin
Q. Long legs crooked thighs little head and no eyes?
A. A Tongs.
Q. Why does a hen pick a pot?
A. Because she can't lick it.
Q. When is a woman out of shape?
A. When she is knitting a stocking because she has her hand where her foot should be.
Q. Fire under fire over fire can't touch it?
A. A cake in an oven.
Q. I went up the road and I came down the road and I carried the road on my back?
A. A ladder.(continues on next page)
