School: Páirc Íseal (C.) (roll number 4794)
- Location:
- Lowpark, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Sorcha Ní Dhumhnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0117, Page 125
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- (continued from previous page)What is the first thing you do when you go to bed?
"Spoil it".
What is the first of you that goes to bed?
"Your breath".
What is the last part of a cow that goes out of the gap?
"Her tail"
High, chip, chop, cherry,
All the men in Derry.
Couldn't climb chip, chop, cherry
What is it?
"Smoke"
Why does a hen cross over the road?
"Because she cannot go under it"
Why does a hen nib a pot?
"Because she cannot lick it"
Why does a cow look over a fence?
"Because she cannot look under it"
Why is a pig a curious animal?
"Because it is killed first and then cured".(continues on next page)
