School: Naomh Seosamh (Buachaillí)
- Location:
- Glennamaddy, Co. Galway
- Teacher: S. Ó Deagha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0017, Page 357
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- (continued from previous page)Ans= A clock.
(12) What has an eye but cannot see? Ans= An needle.
(13) What is the difference between a cat and a book? Ans= A cat has his tail outside and a book has its tale inside.
(14) I was going up the hill I met a car there were two white men and a black man in it and the two white me ate the black man. What was the number of the car. Ans= 281.
(15) How many sticks of rhubarb would make an apple pie? Ans= none.
(16) The more you take out of it the bigger it gets? Ans= A hole.
(17) A little white woman and the longer it stands the shorter it gets? Ans= A candle.
(18) What is the smallest bride in the world? Ans= the bride of your nose.
(19) If six loads of turf cost a pound what would a rick come to? Ans= Stocking
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- Collector
- Michael Hussey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Glennamaddy, Co. Galway
