School: Matehy, Inniscarra
- Location:
- Coill na Muice, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Conchobhar Ó Liatháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0347, Page 226
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- (continued from previous page)8. Q:- What is it which is often bought by the yard and worn by the foot?
Ans:- A carpet.
9. Q:-What four letters would most frighten a thief?
Ans:- OICU ("oh, I see you").
10. Q:- Why is the Prince of Wales like a cloudy day?
Ans:- Because he is likely to reign.
11. Q:- If I shoot at three birds on a tree, and kill one, how many will remain?
Ans:- None; the others will fly away.
12. Q:- What is that which no one has ever seen?
Ans:- To-morrow.
13. Q:- Why is a house built of wood like the sun?
Ans:- Because it has beams.
14. Q:- When is water like fat?
Ans:- When it's dripping.
15. Q:- What word may be pronounced quicker by adding a syllable to it?
Ans:- Quick-er.
16. Q:- Why is a pig in a drawing-room like a house on fire?
Ans:- Because the sooner he is put out the better.
- Collector
- Ita Hegarty
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Coill Chloiche, Co. Chorcaí
