School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Caisleán an Chomair (roll number 10835)
- Location:
- Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Na Mná Rialta
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0865, Page 013
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- Question: A ship went under a London bridge. Wat was the captain's name?
Answer: Wat.
Q. Which man wears the biggest hat in an army?
A. The man with the biggest head.
Q. Tailed like a rat and headed like a thimble.
A. A pipe.
Q. Black and white and read all over.
A. A paper.
Q. It has so many eyes that it cannot see.
A. A thimble.
Q. The more you take out of it the bigger it gets.
A. A grave.
Q. Why does not a clock strike 14?
A. Because it has not the face to do so.
Q. What is a thing with four legs and can't walk.
A. A Chair.
Q. What is a thing that walks with its head down?
A. A nail in your boot.
Q. As round as an apple as plump as a ball can climb the church over steeple and all.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eileen Devlin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Donaguile, Co. Kilkenny
