School: Robertson (roll number 12276)
- Location:
- Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Liam Ó Morchadh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1084, Page 135
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- 1 Why does a hen pick the pot stick
Because she can't lick it.
2. Why is a forest like a luggage van?
Because it is full of trunks.
3. When is a naughty boy like a postage stamp?
When he is licked and put in a corner.
4. What is the difference a fog and a gentleman?
One is a mist and the other is a Mister.
5. Why does the hen cross the road?
Because she wants to get to the other side.
6 I have a little houses that would not hold a mouse yet they are over a thousand windows in it?
A thimble
7. What goes round the house and looks into every corner yet never comes into the house?
The Sun.
8. Londonderry Cork and Kerry can you spell "that without a k?
"that"(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nan Watson
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
