School: Gurteen, Durrow (roll number 7652)
- Location:
- Gorteen, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Ss. de Buitléir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0830, Page 131
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- (continued from previous page)a pump. What has one leg but cannot walk? a sock. What has five fingers and a thumb? A glove.
- Why is a spider like a boy who is always writing letters?
Because he drops a line at every post.
Why does a cow dribble down a hill?
Because it could not spit out.
Why does a hen pick a pot?
Because it could not lick it.
What animal carried the most into Noah's Ark?
The elephant he carried his trunk.
Why does a chimney smoke?
Because it cannot chew.
Patches on patches without any stitches?
A head of cabbage.
Why does a cow look over a wall?
Because it could not look under it.
As I looked out through the window I saw the dead carrying the living?
A boat on the sea.
What is it that no man kick with(continues on next page) - Collector
- Eílís Ní Bhreacáin
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