School: Anabla
- Location:
- Anablaha, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Seán Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0454, Page 056
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- What is half the moon like? The other half.
Why is the letter T like Easter? Because it ends in Lent.
What sort of lions can be seen in the field? Dandelions.
When is a car like the letters M and T? When it is empty.
What is that which ties two persons and only touches one? A wedding sing.
Two tall ladies dressed in white got the flu and died last night? Two candles.
Two N's, two O's, an L and a D put them together and spell them for me? London.
As I went out a slippery gap I met my uncle Davy. He had timber toes, and iron nose and upon my word he would frighten the crows? A gun.
There is a thing in the world, it takes a bite as big as a horse and never swallows it after? A scythe.
What draws without stirring? Tea
The man that made it never wore it, and the man that wore it never saw it? A coffin.
Why is the letter T like an island? Because it is in the middle of the water.
When is one's har like the sea? When it is wavy.
Why is it that you and I can never dine together? Because U cannot come until after T.
Spell hard water in three letters? Ice.
Why is the town of Bruff like a river? Because there is a bank on each side. (Money Bank)(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John M. O' Sullivan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Toornanaunagh, Co. Kerry
