School: Valleymount
- Location:
- Valleymount, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Dll. Ó Cochláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0917, Page 155
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- (continued from previous page)1. Why is a waiter like a racehorse? Because he runs for cups, plates and stakes
2. What's most like a horse's shoe? His other shoes.
3. What's difference between rejected lover and a devoted husband? One misses the kisses and the other kisses the missus
4. Why is the sun cruel? Because it tans so many people.
5. When is a ten - shilling note of no value? When compared with a pound it is worth-less.
6. Why is a dog's tail like the inside of a tree?
Because it's farthest from the bark
7. What is the difference between one yard and two yards? A fence
8. Why is it impossible for a butcher to be honest?
Because he steels (steals) all the knives he uses.
9. What smells most (in) at a fish-stall? The nose.
10. Why is a pound, paid to you by a booke, a guinea
11. What has four legs and flies? Two birds
12. How many days belong to a year? 325, the rest are lent
13. Can February March? No but April May.
14. Why is the letter 'G' like Matrimony? Because it comes at the end of Matrimony.
- Collector
- May Quinn
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Valleymount, Co. Wicklow
