School: Ardnagrath (roll number 5963)
- Location:
- Ardnagragh, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: M. Ní Mhaoldhomhnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0747, Page 338
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- 1 What is there that I can see, that never was and never shall be.
Answer: Your five fingers will never be the same length.
2 I went into the wood and I got it. I came out and I sat down and I fought it.
Answer: A thorn in my foot.
3 Forty eyes and no nose.
Answer: A thimble.
4 Why does a hen pick a pot?
Answer: Because she cannot lick it.
5 What has a head and no face?
Answer: A match.
6 Black and white and read all over.
Answer: A newspaper.
7 Why is a drawn tooth like a thing you have forgotten?
Answer: Because it is out of your head.
8 What is it that everybody can see and you cannot see yourself?
Answer: The back of your head.
9 What is the strongest thing in the world?
Answer: A snail because he brings his house on his back.
10 When is a rock not a rock?(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Frank Mann
- Gender
- Male
