School: Carrickaslane (roll number 365)
- Location:
- Carrickaslane, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Mary Greer
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0943, Page 261
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1 Adam and Ever and Nipme went out to bathe Adam and Ever were drowned which of the three was saved.
Answer. Nimpme
2 Why is a hen standing on a march ditch like a new penny.
Answer because there is a head on one side and a tail on the other.
3 Why was the Elephant the last Animal to enter the Ark.
Answer. Because he had to stop to pack his trunk
4 Why did Moses not bring pepper into the Ark.
Answer. Moses was not in the ark it was Noah.
5 I sat on my hunkers, I peeped through my winkers I saw the dead burying the alive.
Answer. A Woman raking a hearth fire.
6 What goes from house to house and lied outside at night?
Answer. A Pad.
7 What goes round the world and hangs a rag in every bush.
Answer. Snow.
8 What makes a chimney smoke.
Answer. Because it cannot chew.
9 How many sides has a horse.
Answer. Six
Inside. Outside. Backside,. Frontside, Left Side Right Side.
