School: Baile Mac Rabhartaigh (roll number 3978)
- Location:
- Ballymagrorty, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Fiannaidhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1032, Page 168
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- (continued from previous page)Answer, Neither of them burns longer. They both burns [burn?] shorter.What makes a pair of shoes?Answer, Two shoes.What works all day and lies in its own dirt at night?Answer, A broomEverything has it and so has a needle?Answer, An eye.What is the oldest piece of furniture in the world?Answer, A multiplication table.What member of Parliament wears the largest hat?Answer, The man who has the largest head.Why does a baker wear a white cap?Answer, To keep his head warm.What is full and can hold more?Answer, A pot of potatoes.What roof can never keep out the wet?Answer, The roof of your mouth.What goes round the house and round the house and trails its guts after itAnswer, A hen and a flock of birds.As round as an apple, as plump as a ball,Can climb the church, over steeple and all.Answer, The SunWhat goes away between two woods and comes home between two watersAnswer, A man fetching water in two pailsWhat goes away above the ground, and returns under itAnswer, A man with sods on his head.(continues on next page)
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