School: Cooneal (roll number 6416)
- Location:
- Coonealmore, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Patrick Timbin
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- As round as an apple, as plump as a ball, can climb the church over steeple and all? Answer, the sun.
Whats in a seive more than holes? Answer, corners.
Why does a hen pick a pot? Answer, because she can not lick it.
A room full and cannot take a spoonful? Answer, smoke.
Why does a cow look over a fence? Answer, because she can't look under it.
What's full of holes and yet holds water? Answer, a sponge.
What's full and holds more? Answer, A pot of potatoes, when you pour in water.
Old mother Twitchett had but one eye, a long tail which she let fly and every time she went over the gap she left a bit of her tail in the trap? Answer, a needle and thread
Made long ago yet made to day, employed while others sleep, what few would like to give away and none would wish to keep? Answer, A bed
Why is baker always the poorest man? Answer, Because he kneeds the dough.
I have a little house, and mouse wouldn't fit in it, and you wouldn't count in a big town all the windows thats in it? Answer, A thimble.
Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat, if you were guessing for ever, you wouldn't guess that? Answer, A pipe(continues on next page)