School: An Cnocán Bán, Áth Treasa (roll number 12999)
- Location:
- Cummery Connell (South), Co. Cork
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Ríordáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0350, Page 306
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- (continued from previous page)Q. Why is the letter G like 12 o'clock midnight ?
A. Because it is in the middle of night.
Q. What country would a hungry man relish?
A. Turkey.
Q. Inside in your house I am many a time, and high on the shoulders of men I climb. When I get out right over your head, I am as thin as a line of silken thread.
A. Smoke.
Q. Two brothers are we, great burdens we bear all day. We are bitterly pressed, but yet, 'tis I must say , we are full all day and empty when we go to rest.
A. Two shoes.
Q. I went up to a steeple. I met three living people. They were neither men, women or children. What were they.
A. A man, a woman and a child.
Q. What is always going and never washes its own face?
A. A clock.
Q. Why does a baker wear a white cap?
A. To cover his head.
Q. Twenty-four white hoses tied in a stall. Up comes a red one and licks them all.
A. Your teeth and your tongue.
Q. Why is the letter ''t'' like an island?
A. Because it is in the middle of water.
Q. I have a little man above in the field and when I pull his legs his nose will bleed.
A. A pump.(continues on next page)
