School: Béal Átha Gabhann (Silvermines), Nenagh (roll number 15696)
- Location:
- Silvermines, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Floinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0537, Page 191
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- 1) When is a watch hungry. Ans. When it is going too right a clock (eat a clock).
2. Which is the grey goose or the white goose the gander. Ans. None of them, a goose can't be a gander.
3) Why is a policeman like a rainbow. Ans. Because he comes out when the storm is over.
4) How many ladders would reach to the moon. Ans. One if it was long enough.
5) Why doesn't a clock strike thirteen. Ans. Because it has not a face to do so.
6) Enk ank under a bank ten drawing four. Ans. A woman milking a cow.
7) What turns without moving. Ans. Raw milk when it turns sour.
8) A head like a thimble, a tail like a rat, guess for ever and you'll never guess that. Ans. A pipe.
9) King Conn went to Hong Kong to play a game of ball, King Conn got killed what did they put on the top of the coffin. Ans. The lid.
- Collector
- James Mac Sweeney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilmore, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- James Butler
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 69
- Address
- Kilmore, Co. Tipperary
