School: Matehy, Inniscarra
- Location:
- Coill na Muice, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Conchobhar Ó Liatháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0347, Page 217
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- (continued from previous page)A:- Two, the inside and outside.
20. Q:- Why does a hen cross the road?
A:- To get to the other side.
21. Q:- When was beef the highest?
A:- When the cow jumped over the moon.
22. Q:- When is a sheep not a sheep?
A:- When she is turned into a field.
23. Q:- What is the most magic animal in the farmyard?
A:- A pig, because when she is killed she is cured.
24. Q:- On which side of a cup is the handle?
A:- On the outside.
25. Q:- What smells most in the chemist shop?
A:- The nose.
26. Q:- One half dead, the other half living, and a tail wagging?
A:- A dog with his head in a pot.
27. Q:- Patch upon patch without any stitches?
A:- A cabbage.
28. Q:- What goes round the wood and round the wood and never into the wood?
A:- The bark of a tree.
29. Q:- Niddy noddy round body three feet and a wooden hat?
A:- A pot.
30. Q:- What goes away above the earth and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Donal Dilworth
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baile Chraithín, Co. Chorcaí
