School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Caisleán an Chomair (roll number 10835)
- Location:
- Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Na Mná Rialta
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0865, Page 016
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- (continued from previous page)A. A brush.
Q. Why does a hen pick a pot?
A. Because it can't lick it.
Q. What is more like the half of a lemon.
A. The other half.
Q. What goes up the chimney down and can't come down the chimney up?
A. An umberella.
Q. A kitchenful, a roomful and could not catch a spoonful.
A. Smoke.
Q. I went to America, I stopped there. Then I came home because I would not go there?
A. A watch.
Q. What goes around the house, and around the house, and never touches the house?
A. A lazy woman.
- Collector
- Eileen Devlin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Donaguile, Co. Kilkenny
