School: Castletowngeoghegan (C.) (roll number 2093)
- Location:
- Castletown Geoghegan, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: C. Ní Chonaire
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- (continued from previous page)What lives on wood all night.
Ans. A tea towel
I can see what you cannot see, and it is nearer to you than it is to me.
Ans. The back of your head.
What is it that is too short, take a bit off it and it will make it longer.
Ans. A Grave.
What is the last thing you do going to bed at night.
Ans. Take your feet off the floor.
The man that made it, made it to sell it. The man that bought it, bought it to use it and the man that used it never saw it.
Ans. A Coffin
As round as an apple, as plump as a ball, can climb the church over steeple and all.
Ans. The sun.
What is it that people like to have in their houses and yet they are always turning it out.
Ans. The gas and the electric light.
When does the cook break the game- law
Ans. When she poaches an egg.
Why is it that the letter E is so unfortunate.
Ans. Because it is never in cash, always in debt and never out of danger.
What is it that never eats with it's teeth(continues on next page)
