School: St Columb's Moville
- Location:
- Moville, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Hamilton Stewart
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1119, Page 284
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- (continued from previous page)R. Why are navvies energetic men.
A. Because they are always tearing up the street.
R. When does your temperature go down.
A. When you swallow the thermometer
R. What is a sky scaper.
A. A barber on an air-liner.
R. What is queer about a musician.
A. When he is working, he is playing.
R. What is strange about carpets
A. They are bought by the yard and worn by the foot.
R. What is a bad egg.
A. A man who gets too fresh.
R. What has teeth but cannot eat
A. A comb
R. If a man fell of a hay stack what would he fall against.
A. His will.
R. What side of a jug is the handle on.
A. The outside.
R. Why are nails like blankets
A. Because they are laid on sleepers
R. What band does'nt play
A. A hat band(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Hamilton Stewart
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Moville, Co. Donegal
