School: Kilmacowen (roll number 14441)
- Location:
- Kilmacowen, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Seán Mac Giolla Pheadair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0159, Page 015
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- (continued from previous page)(18) "Why is a lame dog like a boy doing sums?"
Ans. Because he puts down three and carries one.
(19) "As round as an apple, as deep as a cup, all the men in Derry could not lift it up."
Ans. A Well
(20) "What can you fill a barrel with to make it lighter."
Ans. Holes
(21) "Two legs on three legs with one leg on his lap, in comes four legs catches a grip of one leg up jumps two legs catches a grip of three legs, throws it after four legs and hets one leg back."
Ans: A man was sitting on a three-legged stool with a leg of mutton on his lap. A dog came in and ran away with the leg of mutton. The man jumped up and caught a grip of the three legged stool He threw it after the dog and got the leg of mutton back.
(22) "It's useful and unuseful. Its never borrowed not never lent. The man that makes it does not own it and the man that owns it does not know it."
Ans. A Coffin.
(23) "What tree takes the longest to grow?"
Ans A Sloe (slow) tree.
(26) "What wears boots and has none?"
Ans. A Football.
(25) "What runs and has no feet?"
Ans: A River(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael J. Gilgan
- Gender
- Male
