School: Clochar na Toirbhirte
- Location:
- Lios Mór, Co. Phort Láirge
- Teacher: Sr M. Gráinne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0635, Page 61
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- 1. Why is a ship like a horse's collar?
Because it goes on the main (mane)
2. Why is it easy to enter an old mans house?
Because his gait is broken and his locks are few.
3. Where is wealth always to be found?
In the dictionary.
4. What runs from Waterford to Dublin and never moves?
A railway line
5. What has a tongue but cannot speak?
A foot
6. When is a boy not a boy?
When he falls into water and comes our "Dripping"
7. When is it bad weather for rats and mice?
When it is raining cats and dogs.
8. What is full and holds more?(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Mc Carthy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lios Mór, Co. Phort Láirge
