School: Tervoe (C.) (roll number 5932)
- Location:
- Tervoe, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Máire Ní Stiopháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0527, Page 307
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- 1. A room full and you could not catch a spoonful? Smoke
2. Long legs, crooked thighs, little head and no eyes? A tongs
3.
Ink, ank under a bank ten drawing four? A woman milking a cow.
4.
Why does a hen pick a pot? Because she can't lick it.
5.
Why does a cow look over a wall?
Because she can't look under it.
6.
What's full and holds more?
A pot of potatoes when filled with water.
7.
What is full of holes and still holds water?
A sponge.
8.
Why does a hen cross the road?
To get to the other side.
9.
Why is Cork the largest city & still the smallest?
Because it fits in a bottle.(continues on next page)
