School: Blessington
- Location:
- Blessington, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Cuinn
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- Q. What is always running and has no legs
A. WaterQ. What has two legs and cannot walk?
A. A man's trousers.Q. What is full and holds more?
A. A pot of potatoes when you pour more water in.Q. What weight is the moon?
A. Four quarters.Q. Why does a woman look up at the moon?
A. Because there is a man in it.Q. What goes up when the rain comes down?
A. An umbrella.Q. A house full a room full and could not catch a spoonful?
A. Smoke.Q. How would you get from her to Dover?
A. Cross off the D and you are over.Q. If a farmer raises his crops in summer what will he raise in winter?
A. His umbrella.Q. As round as an apple as plump as a ball can climb over church, steeple and all.
A. The Sun.- Informant
- Agnes Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Crosscool-harbour, Co. Wicklow