School: Askeaton (B.) (roll number 2039)
- Location:
- Askeaton, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: D. Mac Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0502, Page 288
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- (continued from previous page)to which of us would the egg belong?
A:- To none of us, because a peacock could not lay an egg.
Q:- A hardworking farmer with twelve little children all the same colour
A:- A clock.
Q:- Four little bottles on top of a hill, they are turned down but they will not spill.
A:- a cow's udder.
Q:-There were ten sons in a house and every one of them had a sister, how many children were in the house?
A:- Eleven children.
Q:- Long legs, crooked thighs, small head and no eyes.
A:- A tongs,
Q:- Why does a cow look over the wall?
A: Because she can't look under it.
Q:- What is half the moon like?(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Thomas Stokes
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyhomin, Co. Limerick
