School: Ínse Cloch (roll number 7101)
- Location:
- Inchiclogh, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ó Críodáin
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- What is the best way to make a coat last.?
Answer. :- By making the trousers and the vest first.
Why is a river lazy ?
Answer. :- Because it never gets out of its bed.
Why is a horse like a book ?
Ans. :- Because each has a tail. (tale)
Where did the cock first crow that all the world heard him. ?
Ans. :- In Noah's Ark.
What goes round the wood and round the wood and never gets into the wood. ?
Ans. :- The bark of a tree.
What is the difference between a dairy-maid and a swallow.?
Ans. :- One skims milk and the other skims water.
What must we do before going down stairs. ?
Ans. :- Go up.
When is a farmer like a dentist ?
Ans. :- When he is pulling up stumps.
What does an empty box contain.?
Ans. :- Plenty room.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nora Casey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cahernacrin, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mrs Casey
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 46
- Address
- Cahernacrin, Co. Cork
