School: Caherconlish (roll number 16232)
- Location:
- Caherconlish, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Mrs. A. Fitzgibbon
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0522, Page 233
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- (continued from previous page)poor man has, and the blind sees?
A. Nothing.
Q. Two dead men fighting, two blind men looking on; two cripples going for the police and two dummies saying "Hurry on"?
A. Impossible.
Q. Jenny inside the ditch, Jenny outside the ditch and if you go near Jenny he will bite you?
A. A nettle.
Q. Round the wood and round the wood and still you cannot get into the wood?
A. A bark of a tree.
Q. Why doesn't it matter if a beggar wears a very short coat?
A. Because it will be long enough before he gets another.
Q. What key is the hardest to turn?
A. A donkey.
Q. What beats a good wife?
A. A bad husband.
Q. Why is a man that grumbles like an overgrown leaf?
A. Because they are both rusty.
Q. Why are old maids like volunteers?
A. They are always ready but seldom wanted.
