School: Ceathrú na Laithighe (Brownsgrove) (roll number 12138)
- Location:
- Brownsgrove, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Pádhraic Ó hAnnracháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0040, Page 0418
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- (continued from previous page)Why do we always find the thing that we have lost in the last place we think of?
Ans: Because we leave off looking when we have found it.
At what time of the year are soldiers tired?
Ans: At the end of march (March).
Why is a drawn tooth like something you have forgotten?
Ans: Because it is out of your head.
Have you ever seen a deer with horns?
Ans: You have never seen a deer with horns you have seen a deer with your eyes.
Why is dog with a broken like a boy doing sums?
Ans: Because he leaves down three and carries one.
What is the difference between an aeroplane and a tree?
Ans: One sheds its leaves and the other leaves its sheds.
Why does a hen pick a pot?
Ans: Because she cannot lick it.
What has a head and no face?
Ans: A match.
What month of the year does a woman talk the least?
Ans: February because there are only twenty eight days in it.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Mc Gagh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Beagh (Browne), Co. Galway
