School: Castlesampson
- Location:
- Castlesampson, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Aodh Ó Fithcheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0269, Page 231
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- (continued from previous page)2. Two black men and one white man were out motoring. The two blacks ate the white man. What was the number of the car?
Answer. (Two ate one) 281.
3. What gets the boots and never wears them out?
Answer. A football.
4. What is it that you would not like to have, but if you had it you would not like to lose it.
Answer. A bald head.
5. What God never sees, what the King seldom sees, what we see every day.
Answer. An Equal.
6. What is a bad picture like weak tea.
Answer. Because it is not well drawn.
7. What is always washing and never is clean.
Answer. A dishcloth.
8. What is always going and never goes anywhere.
Answer. A clock.
9. What walks with its head down.
Answer. Nail in boot.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Downey
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Cloonoghill, Co. Roscommon
