School: Coolanarney
- Location:
- Coolanarney, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: D. Mac Gairbhíth
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What time of the day is it when an ass has three quarters of a turnip eaten.
At a quarter to eight.109
Why is a dogs tale[tail?] so much like the centre of a tree -
Because it is the furthest from the bark.110
Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall , all the kings, all the kings men, would not put Humpty Dumpty together again -
An egg
111
As I went up oats hill, oats hill was shaking, there were twenty four little things and they all standing naked, Hind west was foremost and foremost was hind west and they all stone blind.
A winnowing machine112
A head like a thimble, a tale like a cat, if you were guessing forever you would never guess that -
A pipe.(continues on next page)