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. If a man had twenty patches on his trousers,
what time would it be ?
A. It would be time he had a new one.
Q. Why are the feathers of a cock always
smooth ?
A. Because he always carries a comb with him.
Q. I have a wee horse with an iron head, the
faster he gallops he swallows the rope.
A. A spinning wheel.
Q. In what trough do seahorses drink ?
A. In troughs of the wave.
Q. What is it you saw once and will
A. Yesterday.
Q. Why's a leaf like a human body ?
A. Because they both have veins.
Q. Two legs sitting on three legs, holding one leg in his hand, four legs came in and picked up one leg, two legs got up and threw three legs after four legs and got back one leg.
A. A man was sitting on a three -- legged stool, a dog came in and picked up a leg of ham. The man got up and threw the stool at the dog and got back the leg of ham.
Q. He ran and caught it. He sat down and fought it , and when he could not get it he brought it with him.
A. A thorn in a man's foot.
Q. Long legs , short thighs, little head and no
eyes.
A. A tongs.(continues on next page)
