School: St Columba's, Buncrana
- Location:
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Eoghan Ua Gallchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1111, Page 007
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- Why does an elephant look over a wall?
Because he cannot look through it.
Why does a hen cross the road?
To get to the other side.
What is a scone of bread and a sheetful of crumbs?
The moon and the stars.
I will give you a guess to profess jumping Jenny in the press; a cricket.
What is the difference between a schoolmaster ad a stamp?
One licks with a stick and the other sticks with a lick.
Hairy out and hairy in,
Lift your leg and shove it in. A stocking.
What goes round and round and yet is standing still? The sun.
What is made in the wood and stands in the town and earns his master many a crown? A melodeon.
Black and white went up a hill
Black came down and white stayed still
What is that? A black hen that laid an egg.
What is the difference between a man going fishing and a washerwoman? One is full(continues on next page)
