School: Montpelier, O'Brien's Bridge (roll number 14875)
- Location:
- Montpelier, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Liam Ó Tuama
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0524, Page 068
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- 43. what is the height of folly. ans. spending your last shilling on a purse
44.what is the best way to get fat. ans. go to the bitchers shop
45. when are cooks cruel. ans when they beat the eggs and whip the cream
46. when are lovers, cover like a tailor? when he presses his suit
47. what is that we often (see) catch but never see. ans. a passing word
48. which key is the hardest to turn. ans. a donkey
49. what stitch never grew in a wood. ans. a candlestick
50. how many cows tails would it take to reach the moon. ans. one if it was long enough
51. why are fishmongers greedy. ans. because their business makes them selfish
52. twenty sick sheep went out a gap one dies and how many came back. ans. nineteen
53. headed like a themble, tailed like a rat you may guess forever but you couldn't guess that. ans. a pipe
54. patch whom patch without ant starches riddle me that and ill buy you a present. ans. a head of cabbage.
55. what is the difference between a schoolmaster and an engine driver.
answer one minds the train and the other trains the mind
- Collector
- Joyce Healy
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- O'Brien's Bridge, Co. Clare
