School: Dunally (roll number 12752)
- Location:
- Doonally, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Florence Egan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0160, Page 128
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- (continued from previous page)cannot see it yourself? The back of your head.
What is it that are always looking for and never likes to find?
A hole in your stocking.
What goes through the wood, and through the wood, and never touches the wood?
A knife in a mans pocket.
What is it that wears boots and never puts them on? A football.
Why is a vain young lady and a drunakrd alike? Because they both are fond of the glass.
Chip-chip-cherry, all the men in Derry could not climb chip-chip-cherry? Smoke,
As black as ink, as white as milk, and hops on the road like hailstones? A magpie.
Long legs, crooked thighs, two feet, and no eyes? A tongs.
Where was Moses when the light went out? Alon with his God.
Why is a pig in a delph shop like a house on fire? They both are hard to put out.
Where did Napoleon stand when he(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kitty Rooney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Faughts, Co. Sligo
