School: Matehy, Inniscarra
- Location:
- Saint Ann's Hill, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Conchobhar Ó Liatháin
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- (continued from previous page)Kinsale and to get a key for the trunk of a tree.
10. Q:- What goes up when the rain comes down?
Ans:- An Umbrella.
11. Q:- What is the difference between a wet day and a man with a violent toothache?
Ans:- One is pouring with rain and the other is roaring with pain.
12. Q:- When would you expect to find a ship clean?
Ans:- After leaving "The Wash".
13. Q:- Which is the hardest (thing to do) key to turn?
Ans:- A donkey.
14. Q:- What has a neck and a body, but nothing else?
Ans:- A Bottle.
15. Q:- What ship do we all like to avoid?
Ans:- Hardship.
16. Q:- What is that which never asks questions, yet requires many answers>
Ans:- The doorbell.
17. Q:- Why should a hen never have untidy feathers?
Ans:- Because she carries a comb with her.
18. Q:- Why is a bank like a piece of music?
Ans:- Because they are both full of notes.
19. Q:- Why is the South Mall like a river?
Ans:- Because there is a bank at both sides.
20. Q:- What is that which every living being has seen, but will never again see?(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nancy O' Sullivan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gilcagh, Co. Cork
