School: Louth (C.) (roll number 3252)
- Location:
- Louth, Co. Louth
- Teacher: M. Ní Chasaide
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0665, Page 214
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- A round as an apple as flat as a pan. One side to a woman and the other side to man?
A Penny
As round as an apple as deep as a cup and all the kings horses couldn't pull it up?
A Well.
A flock of white sheep on a red hill here they go, there they go, now they stand still?
Teeth in your gums.
What has two eyes and cannot see?
A scissors.
What has one eye and cannot see?
A needle.
Round the house, round the house and sleeps in the corner at night?
A brush or a twig.
A houseful, a roomful and cannot get a spoonful?
Smoke
Why does a hen pick a pot?
Because she cant lick it.
Under the water and over the water and still never tips the waiter?
The moon shining on the water.
Why is dev like a ploughman?
Because all the gulls follow him.
What is the cleanest letter in the alphabet?
H because it is always in the middle of washing.
What has three legs and cannot walk?
A pot.
What is it that goes up the chimney down and wont go down the chimney up?
An umbrella.
Why does a chimney smoke?
Because it cannot chew
Black and white and read all over?
A book
Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat and if you guessed for ever you would never guess(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Shelia Malone
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tullycahan, Co. Louth
