School: An Carraigín (roll number 13836)
- Location:
- Carrigeen, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Oireachtaigh
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- (continued from previous page)What is it that stands on the earth and eats in the wood?
Ans. A pig eating out of a trough.
If you got on an ass where would you get down? _ On a goose.
What is Dust?
Ans. Mud with the juice squeezed out of it.
What is a Wasp?
Ans. A fly with a footballer's jacket on.
People should not tell their secrets in the fields. Why?
Ans. Because corn has ears, potatoes have eyes and cows carry (tales) tails.
I washed my face in water that was never rained or run and I dried it in a towel that was never woven or spun.
Ans. The water is the dew and the towel is the sun.
