School: St Columba's, Buncrana
- Location:
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Eoghan Ua Gallchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1111, Page 008
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- (continued from previous page)of hope and the other is full of soap.
What walks all day on its head and stands on its head at night? A nail in the sole of your boot.
It is as round as an apple, as deep as a cup and all the king's horses could not pull it up; a well.
A wee red round thing, haw, haw. What is it? A haw.
It has a white petticoat and a red head and the longer it stands the shorter it gets. A candle.
Why does a hen pick a pot?
Because she cannot lick it.
What can go through the thickest wood without moving a twig? An echo.
A roomful and a kitchenful and you could not lift a spoonful. Smoke.
If you got up on a donkey, what would you get down on? A goose.
What turns without moving? Milk.
What grows in the wood and sounds in the town and earns its master a pound? A fiddle.
Why is a salt herring like a raincoat?
Because they both keep you dry.(continues on next page)
