School: Maio (roll number 13119)
- Location:
- Trohanny, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máire Ní Chreaig
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0706, Page 439
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A mother20 Why does a cow look over a fence?
Because she cannot look under it.21 It opens like a barn door, and shuts like a trap,
And many a thing, you'll think of, before you think of that.
An umbrella22 Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall,
All the king's horses, and al lthe king's men,
Couldn't put Humpty together again
An egg.23 Two eyes and cant see.
A scissors24 What goes up when the rain comes down
An umbrella.25 A woman was once going to market with a load of geese. She met a man. "Good morning, Mam, with your score of geese," said he. "I have not a score, but if I had as many more, and a goose, and a goose, and half a goose, I would have a score," said the woman. How many had she?
Seven.26 Twice in a moment, once in a minute, and not once in a hundred years.
The letter m.27 What is it that has feet and cant walk?
A blackbird.28 What is it that jumps the ditches, clips the thorns, little brown cow, and two leather horns?
A hare.(continues on next page)
