School: Clinstown (roll number 4193)
- Location:
- Clintstown, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: S. Ó Dúnlaing
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Q. What is deeper than hell?
A. A tailors thimble, (because it has no bottom).Q. What cannot hold water, and yet it holds something?
A. A pail with a hole in the bottom.Q. Why can you never draw an ink-line straight?
A. Because it is an inkline (incline).Q. What is tired (tyred) by never weary?
A. A wheel.Q. What grows shorter as it grows older?
A. A candle.Q. What tree do ladies like best in Winter?
A. The fir (fur) tree. - 2.
Q. A farmer gave his donkey a turnip to eat, when he had three quarters of it eaten, what time was it?
A. A quarter to eight (ate).Q. Why is a king like a book?
A. Because he has pages.Q. The man who made it, didn't wear it, and the man who wore it didn't see it?
A. A coffin.Q. Why is Cork the smallest city in Ireland?(continues on next page)- Collector
- Annette Dowling
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Clintstown, Co. Kilkenny