School: Tobar Pádraig (roll number 4764)
- Location:
- Patrickswell, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Anraoi Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0527, Page 125
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- (continued from previous page)A. A horse, because a cow has no upper teeth.Q. A little white and round house, and a mouse could fit in it, and all the men in town couldn't count the windows in it.
A. A thimble.Q. Two white men and one black man were travelling in a car. The two white men ate the black man. What was the number of the car.
A. 281 (Two ate one)Q. Could you see a half pigs head with two eyes?
A. Yes. With your own two eyes. Q. What does a woman always look for, but never wishes to find it.
A. A hole in her stocking.Q. How many feet has a shepherd's dog with forty sheep?
A. Two.Q. What goes round the wood, but never goes into it?
A. The bark of a tree.Q. Open and shut at the same time?
A. A railway gates.Q. Open in the night and shut in the day.
A. Your boot.Q. Tink, tank, under a bank, ten drawn four.
A. A woman milking a cow.
