School: Walshestown (roll number 3245)
- Location:
- Walshestown North, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Bean Uí Dhuibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0736, Page 327
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- What County would fit in the neck of a bottle?
Ans. Cork.
As round as an apple as plump as a ball can climb over church over steeple and all?
Ans. The sun.
Why is a black hen better than a white hen?
Ans. Because a black hen can lay white eggs and a white hen cannot lay black eggs.
When would three black hens make three white hens?
Ans. They they are plucked.
I have a little red cow she eats all I give her and drinks none at all?
Ans. A Fire.
As round as an apple as flat as a pan the head of a man and the whole of woman?
Ans. A Penny.(continues on next page)
