School: Béal Átha 'n Fheadha (B.)
- Location:
- Ballina, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: D. P. Ó Cearbhaill
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- (continued from previous page)(73) It is my goose and he is always at work when he goes out in the morning till he comes back in the night and he seeks for his fortune before he comes home
Ans. A boat
74 What is it about a house that seldom falls, but never hurts the occupant when it does?
The rent
75 What is most like a horses shoes?
His other [shoe?]
76 Why are tall people more lazy than short ones?
Because they are longer in bed.
77 What fish cannot swim?
A dead one.
78 "Tis red, white, olive, and green, the king can't get it neither can the queen.
The rainbow.
79 A little red man in a little red coat, a staff in his hand and a stone in his throat?
A cherry
80. Why should a bride expect her marriage to be a failure.?
Because she never marries the best man
