School: Rosmead (roll number 7212)
- Location:
- Cavestown and Rosmead, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: E. Lynch
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0726, Page 038
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- (continued from previous page)239. What goes in dry and comes out wet? Ans. Tea.
240. Why is a black hen better than a white one? Ans. Because a black hen can lay a white egg and a white hen cannot lay a black egg.
241. I have a little red cow she eats all I give her and drinks none at all what is that? Ans. a fire.
242. There is a thing not two months old Adam was no more and before that thing was two months old adam was four score? Answer a moon.
243. A round thatched house a red door case a fox inside and the hounds in chase. Ans. your head.
244. What's the dirtiest thing in the house? Ans. the clock because it has two hands and never washes its face.
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