School: Páirc an Iarla (roll number 9303)
- Location:
- Rathpeak, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Maonaigh
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- Q. What fruit is seen on every penny,
A. A date.
Q. Why is a pig a curious animal,
A. Because it is cured after it killed.
Q. Can you think of a number that by subtracting two letters is gone,
A. You can't, Well what about twenty T-when-y-see.
Q. Why is coffee like a blunt knife,
A. Neighter is any good until it is ground.
Q. What kind of tables do we cook and eat,
A. Vegetables.
Q. When does a caterpillour grow good,
A. When it turns over a new leaf.
Q. What is that which runs all over the house yet never moves
A. A roof.
Q. On what toe does a corn never come,
A. Mistletoe.
Q. What South America country is never warm,
A. Chille of course.(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Martin Murray
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Rathpeak, Co. Roscommon
