School: Nutgrove (roll number 10126)
- Location:
- Mullagh, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Emily Ní Aonghusa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0482, Page 402
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- (continued from previous page)A They cell it?
Q Why is a ship always polite?
A Because it always advances with a bow.
Q Why is a letter "B" lazy?
A It is always in bed and never in work?
Q When is a boy not a boy?
A When he is a litter cross.
Q What is it has ups and downs and travels around and wears out boots, but never has my boots to wear?
A A foot ball?
Q What is the difference between a oak tree and a tight boot?
A One makes acorns, and the other makes cows ache?
Q Why did Adam bite the apple Eve gave him,
A Because he had no knife,
Q Why is a pigs tail like the letter "K"?
A Because it is at the end of pork,
Q What is the quickest way to cover a chair seat
A To sit on it?
Q What has four legs and cannot walk.
A Two pairs of trousers.
Q Why are traffic beacons annoying?
A Because they are put up to make people cross.
- Collector
- P. Tobin
- Gender
- Unknown
- Address
- Lisbane, Co. Limerick
