School: Páirc an Iarla (roll number 9303)
- Location:
- Rathpeak, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Mícheál Mac Ceit
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- (continued from previous page)sheep?
A. Because there are more white sheep out than black ones
Q. As white as a lilly as red as a rose the longer it stands the shorter it grows
A. A candle.
Q. Why doesn't a hen pick a pot.
A. Because she cannot lick it.
Q. What is always behind the time.
A. The back of the clock.
Q. What part of the cow goes to the water first
A. Her breath.
Q. When is a sheep like ink,
A. When you take it up into a pen.
Q. What are the most difficult ships to conquer
A. Hardship.
Q. Why are bridges like faults.
A. Because they are passed over.
Q. What is the silliest thing you could buy
A. A blanket for a bed of a river.
Q. I am fire a small and shining light.
A. Spark.
Q. Why is a wedding ring like eternity?(continues on next page)- Collector
- Kathleen Killeen
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rathpeak, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Patrick Joseph Killeen
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rathpeak, Co. Roscommon