School: Newbridge Convent (roll number 13328)
- Location:
- Greatconnell, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: -
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0776, Page 283
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- (continued from previous page)all the men in Derry couldn't fill it up? A well.
(18) A little red and white house and it is full of meat, but has no doors or windows to let me in to eat? An egg.
(19) As round as an apple, as round as a ball, can climb over steeples and all? The sun.
(20) If a man got sixpence for walking a mile, what would he get for walking a hundred miles? Sore feet.
(21) What ship do we all try to avoid? Hardship.
(22) Why is a duel a very brief affair? Because it only takes two seconds to arrange it.
(23) To what question can you answer nothing but yes? What does Y. E. S. spell.
(24) What runds from Dublin to Wexford and yet never moves? The Railway line.
(26) It has a tongue but cannot speak? A boot.
(27) When is a boy not a boy? When in falls into a river and comes out "dripping".
(27) Why is a blind man heavy? Becuase he is led (lead).
(28) What kind of insect does a blacksmith make? He makes the firefly.
- Collector
- Maura O' Rourke
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Eyre Street, Co. Kildare
