School: Rath Sionnaigh
- Location:
- Rashenny, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seosamh Mac Suibhne
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- (continued from previous page)40. What is opened when it is closed, and closed when it is opened. - Ans- The railway gates
41. If a shoemaker had two wives which of them would he stick to - Ans - (his [small drawing of a last] last.)
42. What is the bigest wonder in the map of Europe - Ans - because Hungary did not eat Turkey.
43. I saw a ship in the sea, and it was full of men and women, but when I went down there was not a single man in the boat - Ans - because they were all married.
44. The man that wore it never wore it, never saw it, and the man that made it never wore it.
Ans - a coffin.
45. Why is a window always in trouble - Ans - because it is all pains - (panes)
46. What goes up when the rain comes down, Ans - an umbrella.
47. What has eleven heads, twenty two legs, two wings but cant fly - A football team.
