School: Caherelly, Grange, Kilmallock (roll number 2184)
- Location:
- Caherelly, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: John Raleigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0524, Page 217
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- (continued from previous page)103. Which side of the jug is the handle on?
Ans. = Outside.
104. Four legs up, four legs down soft in the middle and hard all round?
Ans. = A bed.
105. What has no wings and can fly?
Ans. = Dust.
106. What is worse than raining cats and dogs?
Ans. = Hailing tascis.
107. I know a little man with a red cap, a stone in his belly a stick in his back what is that?
Ans. = A haw.
108. 'Tis red, 'tis white, 'tis pink, 'tis green The king can't get at it no more than the queen?
Ans. = The rainbow.
109. Long legs, crooked thighs, small head and no eyes?
Ans. = A thongs.
110. 'Twill be bigger, no doubt of it the more you take out of it.
Ans. = A hole.
111. When is an apple like a bell?
Ans. = When 'tis peeled.
112. Why are stockings like mice?
Ans. = Beacuse they run quickly into holes.(continues on next page)
