School: Caherelly, Grange, Kilmallock (roll number 2184)
- Location:
- Caherelly, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: John Raleigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0524, Page 216
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- (continued from previous page)Ans. = Ashes.
94. What must you do to come down ste(ps).
Ans. = Go up.
95. Why is a hearth - rug like a bottle of medicine?
Ans. = One is taken up and shaken, and the other is shaken up and taken.
96. How can you cure a slow horse?
Ans. = Tien him to a post and make him fast.
97. What are the most unsociable things in the world? Ans. = Milestones; you never see two together.
98. A king and a lady lived under a spout. The king gave a crack and the lady hopped out?
Ans. = Ace and water.
99. I know a red man if you touch his hand his nose will bleed? Ans. = A pump.
100. It goes around all day and sleeps on top of its head at night?
Ans. = Your boots.
101. When is a penny like a hermit?
Ans. = When it's alone.
102. What is it that has four legs a head and a foot but cannot walk?
Ans. = A bed.(continues on next page)
