School: Claremorris (B.) (roll number 9863)
- Location:
- Claremorris, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: -
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0098, Page 121
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- (continued from previous page)What makes more noise at than a pig.
Ans. Two pigs.
How many cow tails would reach the sky?
Ans. One, if it was long enough.
It is black It is white and it is "read" all over.
Ans. A news paper.
What is a horse's shoe like.
Ans. A mare's shoe.
What is the deepest thing in the world?
Ans. A tailor's thimble.
Around about the world and peeps in the keyhole.
Ans. The sun.
As round as an apple, as flat as a pan, one side a woman and the other side a man.
Ans. A penny.
Name two things in the world that cannot be got.
Ans. A shoe for the foot of the mountain, and a sheet for the bed of the ocean.T. Cullinane. B N S. Claremorris.
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- T. Cullinane
