School: O'Brennan, Baile Mhic Ealgóid, Tráighlí
- Location:
- Tonreagh Lower, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Loingsigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0444, Page 363
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- (continued from previous page)15. Why is a river like an elbow
Answer - because it is always twisting16. What can fly without wings
Answer - Dust : Time17. Why is a rat like grass
Answer - Because cattle (cat'll) eat it.18. What is it that has 16 legs and cannot walk
Answer - 8 pairs of trousers.19. What nuts cannot be cracked
Answer - Dough nuts.20. What is the difference between a steep hill and a pig pill
Answer - One is hard to get up & the other is hard to get down.21. What is the difference between a bottle of medicine and a hearth-rug.
Answer - One is taken up & shaken & the other is shaken up and taken.22. Four legs up, four legs down
Soft in the middle and hard all round
Answer - A bed.23. Why is hot bread like a caterpillar.
Answer - Because it's the grub to make the butter fly24. There was a house,
On the side of a hill,
White outside,
And yellow within
Answer - an egg(continues on next page)
