School: An Cnocán Bán, Áth Treasa (roll number 12999)
- Location:
- Cummery Connell (South), Co. Cork
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Ríordáin
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- (continued from previous page)Q. What goes round the wood, and round the
wood and never gets into the wood?
A. The bark of the tree.
Q. What pears grow on apple trees ?
A. Pairs of apples.
Q. What is 3/7 of a chicken, 2/3 of a cat and 1/2 a
goat
A. Chicago.
Q. What's always behind time?
A. The back of the clock.
Q. Why is a plumcake like a sea?
A. Because they both contain currents (currants).
Q. Whitie and Blackie went up the hill. Blackie
came down,but Whitie stayed still.
A. A hen laying an egg.
Q. What is it that you have and I haven't , but I
make more use of it than you ?
A. Your name.
Q. ' Tis black and ' tis white and read all over ?
A. The Newspaper.
Q. When is a tree as comfortable as a bed ?
A. When it's down.
Q. What animal improves after death ?
A. A pig, because he's killed first and cured
afterwards.
Q. What's in the pot? What's in the pan?
What's in the chest What's in the pocket of
your vest? What's in the manger quite
secure. What's in the tub outside the door
A. A bottom.(continues on next page)
