School: Park (roll number 9717)
- Location:
- Kilclammon, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Elizabeth Hogan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0898, Page 074
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- (continued from previous page)twenty four devils tearing it asunder.
A. A harrow
Q. What goes up when the rain falls down.
A. An Umbrella
Q. Why is a white hen more clever than a black hen?
A. Because a white hen can lay a white egg and a black hen cannot lay a black egg.
Q. Why is a hen sitting on a door like a penny
A. Because the head is on one side and the tail is on the other.
Q. Why does a chimney smoke.?
A. Because it cannot chaw.
Q. The longer she stands the shorter she grows
A. A candle.
Q. Why does a horse look over a hedge
A. Because he cannot look under it.
Q. What goes around the wood and never tips the wood
A. A ditch.
Q. Why does a chicken cross the road.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary O' Neill
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballylane East, Co. Wexford
