School: Páirc an Iarla (roll number 9303)
- Location:
- Rathpeak, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Maonaigh
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- (continued from previous page)Q. Why is a plum core like the sea.
A. Because they both contain currents.(currants)
Q. What part has a fish in common with a river,
A. Mouths.
Q. What sort of a fish does an astronomer want,
A. Starfish.
Q. What sort of fish does a parrot want,
A. A perch.
Q. What sort of a fish does a cobbler want.
A. Soles.
Q. What sort of fish does a person out of want
A. A place.
Q. What sort of fish would a person want on a dull day/
A. Sunfish.
Q. What sort of fish does everyone expect yourself
A. Selfish/
Q. What is that which no one has seen?
A. Tomorrow.
Q. What is the difference between a tight shoe and an oak tree?
A. One makes corns ache and the other makes corns?? acorns.
Q. What trees remind us of pounds, shillings and pence?
A. Golden gorse, silver birch, and copper beech.
Q. A two thousand ton ship with three thousand sailed into Belfast Harbour. There two thousand tons were unloaded, What did the ship weigh coming out of the harbour?
A. She weighed anchor.
- Informant
- Martin Murray
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Rathpeak, Co. Roscommon
