School: Aghmakerr (roll number 16455)
- Location:
- Aghmakerr, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Peadar Ua Dubhthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0940, Page 131
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“What walks with its head down?”
Q. What walks with its head down?
A. A nail in a man's boot
Q. Spell little red rogue in three letters?
A. Fox
Q. Spell broken down ditch in three letters?
A. Gap.
Q. Explain - "A house full of people and not a single one in it?
A. They were all married and there were no single persons
Q. What has teeth and cannot eat?
A. A comb
Q. What is it, that when you cut a piece off, it will get longer?
A. Grave
Q. If all the holy Innocents were buried in one grave, how would you know between the boys and the girls?
A. There were no girls
Q. What is half an orange like?
A. The other half.
Q. What part of a motor car comes into the town first?
A. The noise
Q. If a man fell from a house, what would he fall against?(continues on next page)