School: Tunnyfoyle
- Location:
- Tonyfoyle, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Thréinfhir
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Ans: A needle sewing.
No. 7 Why dioes a person go to bed?
Ans: Because the bed couldn't go to him.
No. 8 What gets higher when the head is taken off it?
Ans: A pillow.
No. 9 What is full and holds more?
Ans: A pot of potatoes.
No. 10 Why does a hen go across the road?
Ans: Because she can't go under it.
No. 11. What goes from house to house?
Ans: The road.
No. 12. Whats white and black and red all over?
Ans: A paper.
No 13 As round as an apple, as deep as a cup, all the men in Derry wouldn't lift it up?
Ans: A well.
No 14. As round as an apple, as flat as a pan, one side a woman, and the other a man?
Ans: A penny.- Collector
- Anna Traynor
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ledonigan, Co. Cavan