School: Cor na Muclach (roll number 14470)
- Location:
- Cornamucklagh North, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Annie Ryan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0206, Page 075
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- What member of Parliament wears the biggest hat? (The man with the biggest head).
If a fellow met a fellow in a field of beans must a fellow tell a fellow what a fellow means. How many 'fs' in that (none).
As round as an apple as plump as a ball, split in the middle and hair round it all. What is that - your eye.
Londonderry, Cork and Kerry, spell me 'that' without a 'K', (that.)
Through the wood and through the wood and leaves a rag on every bush (snow).
Hink, Hank, under the bank ten drawing four? (A woman milking a cow).
What goes up the ladder with its head downwards? Nails in a man's shoe.
A hard working father, a lazy old mother, twelve little children and they all the same colour. What is that? (The face of a clock).
What is the best cure out or toothache/
(The tooth out).
Five fingers and a thumb and cannot hold an apple? (A glove)
Why do you go to bed? (Because the bed(continues on next page)
