School: Killahan
- Location:
- Killahan, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Bean Uí Ríoghbhardáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0413, Page 316
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- (continued from previous page)What smells most in the chemist's shop?
(Your nose)
Why is a plum cake like the ocean?
(Because it contains currants)
Why is an orange like a church steeple?
(Because you have a peel from it)
Can you tell what is taken from you before you have it?
(Your portrait)
What is that which is often put on the table, cut but never eaten?
(A pack of cards)
What is it that occurs twice in a moment, once in a minute, and never in a thousand years?
(The letter m.)
How many ladders would reach the sky?
(One if it were long enough)
Why is a police man like an air ship?
(Because they both take up passengers)
What is the first thing you do when you get out of bed in the morning?
(Put your feet on the ground)
- A shut mouth never catches flies.
