School: Scoil an Chlochair, Dún Bleisce (roll number 14625)
- Location:
- Doon, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: An tSr. Regis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0519, Page 184
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- What makes time fly?
The spur of the moment.
What does a lady search for but does not care to find?
A hole in her stocking.
Black and white and read all over?
A newspaper.
What pie has wings?
A magpie.
Betty inside the ditch, Betty outside the ditch and if you touch her she'll bite you.
A nettle.
What's always behind time?
The back of a clock.
What falls but never breaks?
Night
What breaks but never falls?
Day
What goes up when rain comes down?
An umbrella
Why is it dangerous to tell a tale in a stable?
Because horses carry tails (tales)
Which burns longer a match or a candle?
Neither, they both burn shorter.(continues on next page)
