School: Cill Eirc
- Location:
- Killark, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: S. Mac Druaidhe
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(10) Why does a horse look over a gate?
Because he can't look under it.
(2) If Dick's father was Tom's son, what relation was Dick to Tom. - His grandson.
(3) Black and white and read all over.
A newspaper.
(4) Why is it dangerous to go into the wood in Springtime?
Because the buds are shooting.
(5) What goes round the house and round the house and sleeps in the corner at night? A broom.
(6) What has a big head and stands on one leg? A head of cabbage.
(7) Why do girls like looking at the moon? Because there is a man in it.
(8) As round as an apple, as plump as a pan, On one side is a woman, and on the other a man. A penny.
(9) Said the child to the father. "How on earth does it come that you are my father, but I'm not your son."
It was a girl that said it to him.
(10) What is full in the day-time and empty at night? A boot.
(11) Why is the letter "t" like an island?(continues on next page)
