School: Court (roll number 13335)
- Location:
- Courtballyedmond, Co. Wexford
- Teachers: Criostóir Ó Cuanáin Liam de Noraidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0890, Page 022
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- (continued from previous page)2214. Why is bread on the top of a house so much like a racehorse ? Because it is high bread
15. Why is a rick man so much like a blackbird ?
Because he is always changing his notes.
16. A head like a timbel, a tail like a rat you may guess for ever but you wouldn't guess that ?
A pipe.
17. What man wears the biggest hat ?
The man with the biggest head.
18. If there were a horse and car going to town what part of it would reach the town first ?
The noise.
19. What has eyes and can't see ?
A needle.
20. What has teeth and can't eat ?
A comb.
21. Riddle me, riddle me randy roe, my father gave me seed to sow, the seeds were black and the ground was white riddle me that till to-morrow night ?
A person writing a letter.
22. What are the two nearest stations in the world ?
Gorey and Arklow, because there is only an Inch between them.
23. How would you get from France to Dover ?
Cross the D and you would get over.
24.What is the greatest wonder on the map ?
That Hungary did not eat Turkey.Mary Doyle.
Ballyrea,
Wells, Gorey.
- Collector
- Mary Doyle
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyrea, Co. Wexford
