School: Achadh Mór
- Location:
- Aghamore, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán P. Mac Shiúrtáin
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- (continued from previous page)Q. What part of a cow crossed the fence first?
A. Her breath.
Q. Why does a cow look over the fence?
A. Because she can't look under it.
Q. How many sticks go to make a birds nest?
A. They don't go for they have to be carried.
Q. I went out in the garden and brought in what I didn't want?
A. A thorn in my foot.
Q. White and black and read all over?
A. A newspaper.
Q. Black as ink but ink it isn't, white as snow but snow it isn't it hops on the road like a marble stone, but a marble stone it isn't?
A. A magpie.
Q. Where was Moses when the lights went out?
A. In the dark.
Q. What is always behind time?(continues on next page)
