School: Robertson (roll number 12276)
- Location:
- Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Liam Ó Morchadh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1084, Page 137
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- (continued from previous page)7/ What is like the half of the moon?
The other half.
8/ What is the hotest day of the year?
Sunday.
9/ four legs up, four legs down, soft in the middle and hard all round?
A bed.
- 1 What has a mouth but never smiles?
"A River
2 "Why is a pretty girl like a mirror?"
"She's a good-looking-lass."
3 Patch upon patch without any stitches?"
A Cabbage.
4 Headed like a thimble, Tailed like a rat. You may guess for ever. But you couldn't guess that.
A Pipe
5 "Why is a fox in a hen roost like a house on fire
"Because the sooner it's put out the better.
6 Londonderry Cork and Kerry spell it without a K
It
7 "What can go up a spout down. But cannot come down a spout up. A Umbrella.(continues on next page) - Collector
- James Wilkinson
- Gender
- Male
