School: Cnoc Sacsan (roll number 16024)
- Location:
- Knocksaxon, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: P. Ó Faoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0123, Page 347
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- (continued from previous page)Because it goes off when discharged.
When does a sea recognise you ?
When it waves in your direction.
Why should you never tell secrets in a corn field ?
Because there are so many ears.
How long did Cain hate his brother ?
As long as he was able.
What fish is most valued by a married lady ?
Her ring.
When is a cricketer a coward ?
When he hits and then runs.
What is it that works and plays and plays when it works ?
A fountain.
What people are the slowest writers ?
Convicts because many of them have spent twenty years on one sentence.
What relation is the door mat to the foot scraper ?
A step further.
Why are mile stones like cherry stones ?
Because they are never found in pairs.
Why can a man jump higher than any building in the world ?
Because no building can jump.
Why do white sheep provide more wool than black ones ?
Because there are more of them.
Why is a coward like a kettle that leaks ?
They both run.
Why did the penny stamp ?
Because the three penny bit.
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- Collector
- Tom Lynskey
- Gender
- Male
