School: Ballincor
- Location:
- Ballincor Demesne, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Mrs Julia Liffey
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0819, Page 170
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- (continued from previous page)The longer she lives the shorter she grows.
Ans: A candle.
What is always behind time.
Ans: The back of a clock.
What is the shyest thing in the world.
Ans: A clock because its hands are always on its face.
Why is a red herring like a makintosh.
Ans: Because it keeps you dry all day.
Would you rather and elephant killed you or a gorilla.
Ans: I would rather the elephant killed the gorilla.
What has no wings and can fly.
Ans: Dust.
Patch upon patch without any stitches,
Riddle me that and I'll buy you a breeches.
Ans: A cabbage.
What is it that grows in the wood,
Grazes in the field with hair on it,
Walks on the road with a bone in it.
Ans. A Clog.
