School: Killeigh
- Location:
- Killeigh, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: T. Mac Amhalghaidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0804, Page 046
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- Q. Why does an ass cross the road?
A. To get to the other side.
Q. Why does a hen pick a pot?
A. Because she cannot lick it.
Q. Why does a cow look over a wall?
A. Because she cannot look under it.
Q. What part of a cow goes out of the gap first?
A. Her breath.
Q. Twenty sick sheep went out in a gap one died how many came back?
A. Nineteen.
Q. What has one eye and cannot see?
A. An needle
Q. Out of a roomful you can never take a spoonful.
A. Smoke.
Q. What goes up and down and never touches earth or sky?
A. The handle of a pump.
Q. What always walks with its(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bridget Dunne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballinvally, Co. Offaly
