School: Revanagh, Coolcullen, Muine Beag (roll number 5259)
- Location:
- Reevanagh, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: S. Mag Uaildric
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0859, Page 330
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- Q Big long Tom with his big red nose the longer he gets the shorter he grows?
A A candle?Q If it took ten minutes to wash a child what would it take to dry her?
A A towel?Q Do you know what has fifteen heads thirty legs two wings and cannot fly?
A A football team?Q Why is a salt herring like a raincoat?
A Because it keeps you dry?Q Why is a watch like a grasshopper?
A Because it goes with a springQ Why should a drummer be the fastest man on earth?
A Because time beats everyone, but the drummer beats time?Q What bird can lift the heaviest weight?
A The crane?Q Why does a hen pick a pot?
A Because she cannot lick it?Q Two dead men fighting two blind men looking on two cripples running for the police and two dummies telling them to hurry on?
A A pack of lies?Q There's a little cow out in the field she eates all but drinks nothing?
A A fire?
- Collector
- Patrick Brennan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
- Informant
- Richard Brennan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 68
- Address
- Coolgreany, Co. Kilkenny
