School: Machaire Áirne
- Location:
- Magherarny, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: P. Mac Aodhgáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0945, Page 169
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- (continued from previous page)first and the last letter?
Why are horses little needed in the Isle of Wright?
Because visitors prefer "Cowes to Ryde"
Who is he that marries many a wife, thought he is single all his life?
A priest
What sleeps with its finger in its eye all night?
The crook
How so an nail like a wise man?
Because the head of the nail does not let it go too far, and the head of the man does not let him go too far.
What goes round the wood and never goes into it.
The bark.
Why does a dog run round before it lies down?
To find the head of its bed.
Where is happiness always to be found?
In the dictionary
Why is your hand like a horse-shoe?
Because it has nails on it.
Why is "S" funny letter?
Because it makes cream scream.
As round as an apple as plump as a ball can climb the church over steeple and all(continues on next page)
