School: Cill na Móna (C.) (roll number 13626)
- Location:
- Kilnamona, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Síle Céitinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0610, Page 285
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- (continued from previous page)Ans.because the negro's out (the knee grows out )
10 Take 2 from 5 and leaves 1?
Ans.-There are five letters in stone take st and leave one.
11.When is a pair of boots like a dying man?
Ans.-When the soles are departing from the body.
12.Name me and you destroy me?
Ans.-Silence.
13.Why is your eye like a severe schoolmaster?
Ans.-Because it always a pupil under the lash.
14.Why is the letter F like a cow's tail?
Ans.-Because it is the end of beef.
15 What is that that has a mouth but never speaks and a bed but never sleep on it?
Ans.- A river.
16 What lock is that which no burglar can can pick?
Ans.-A lock from a bald head.
17 The longer it lives the shorter it grows?
Ans.-A candle.
18 Why is a hat like the Queen?
Ans.-Because it has a crown.
19.What is that which never asks questions but requires many answers.
Ans.-A door bell.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- May Hegarty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knockatemple, Co. Clare
