School: De Freyne (roll number 16457)
- Location:
- An Portach Ard, Co. Ros Comáin
- Teacher: Tomás Mac Gionnáin
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- (continued from previous page)If all the Holy Innocents were buried in one grave and nothing to be seen only their toes how would you distinguish the boys from the girls? No girls
A leaper of ditches a clipper of thorns, and old grey cow with a pair of leather horns? A hare.
An old red cow lying by a wall. She would eat all the hay from here to Donegal? but if you give her water she will die.? A fire.
Under the fire and over the fire but never touches the fire? A cake in an oven.
Why is a white hen cleverer than a black hen? Because a white hen can lay a white egg but a black hen cannot lay a black one.
What is it thats full and holds more? A pot full of potatoes which will take water
What part of the cow comes out the door first? Her breath.
Black and White and read all over? A paper.
What is one half the moon like? The other half.
Goes from house to house and sleeps out at night? A path.
Round the wood and round the wood and never goes into the wood? The bark of a tree.
What do liars do after death? Lie still
What is it that has feet but no legs? A yard rule.
In a perfumer's shop what smells most? The Nose.
What is it the more you take from it the bigger it gets? A hole.
Why is a jumper like an orange skin? Because it is easy to slip on.
Why is a mouse like a turnip? Because the cattle eat it.
Where did the cock crow when all the world heard him? In the Ark.
What is it that has eyes but cannot see? A potato.
What sign is it when you hear the cuckoo? That you are not deaf.
A blind fiddler had a brother and the fiddler's brother had no brother? The Blind fiddler was a woman.
Said a child to a father how did it come that you are my father and I'm not your son? A daughter.(continues on next page)
