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)none at all ?
A. A fire.
Q. When would three black hens make three white ones ?
A. When they are plucked.
Q. What is the difference between a blind man and a sailor in prison?
A. One cannot go to sea and the other cannot see to go.
Q. Why is the July sun like a sixpence ?
A. Because its a tanner.
Q. What is half the moon like?
A. The other half.
Q. Tis black and tis white and it drops on the road like hailstone?
A. A magpie.
Q. What is the worst weather for rats and
mice ?
A. When it is raining cats and dogs.
Q. What is half a herring worth ?
A. Worth turning.
Q. What part of a cow goes over a ditch first ?
A. Her breath.
Q.What is it that is around the house but never will go into it
A. A yard.
Q. Why is a policeman like a rainbow ?
A. Because he generally appears after a storm.
Q. Tis in tis out tis like a trout tis slippery , wet and greasy ?
A. A tongue.
Q. When is the moon not hungry ?(continues on next page)
