School: Oylegate (roll number 5918)
- Location:
- Oilgate, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Braoin
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- (continued from previous page)walks upon none, she goes far for her living and then she comes home.
A Ship.As I went to the fair of Saint Hives
I met nine men and their wives.
Each man had a bag and in it
was a cat. Each cat had seven
kittens. How many men, women, cats, and kittens reached the fair of
Saint Hives ?
None. - Why doesn't a clock strike 13
Because it hasn't the face to do so.What part of a cow goes over the
ditch first
Its breathWhy does a hen cross the road
Because it wants to get to the other sideWhat goes up the chimney down and wont go down the chimney up ?(continues on next page)- Collector
- Angela Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballynaslaney, Co. Wexford