School: Baile Dubh, (C.) (roll number 15541)
- Location:
- Ballyduff, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Bríd, Bean Uí Dhriaghail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0634, Page 471
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- (continued from previous page)Water.Who was the fastest runner in the world? Adam, because he was first in the human race.What table do we always eat? Vege-table.What walks with its head down? A nail in your boot.Dead in the middle and alive in the two ends? A plough.What is brought to the table, cut, but is never eaten? A pack of cards.What has ears but cannot hear? Corn.How many insects make a landlord? Ten-ants.How many peas in a pint? One P.If you shot at twelve birds and killed two, how many would remain? Two, the rest would fly away.How many black beans will go to make five white ones. Five, when peeled.Why is a hungry man like a glutton?
One longs to eat and the other eats too long.What is the difference between a cow and a broken chair? One gives milk and the other gives way (whey).Why is there no such thing as a whole day?(continues on next page)
