School: Gaile, Caisleán Mumhan (roll number 15299)
- Location:
- Gaile, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Meachair
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- (continued from previous page)A. Time
Q. What is it that dies when it drinks and lives when it eats. A. A fire
Q. What does an artist like to draw.
A. His pay
- Q. A head and foot and four feet
A. A bed.
Q. Why does a cow look over a ditch.
A. Because she cannot look under it.
Q. Why does a bull dribble.
A. Besause he cannot spit.
Q. 'Tis in the timber but not in the wood. 'Tis in the river but not in the flood. 'Tis in the rock but not in the stone. 'Tis in the marrow but not in the bone.
A. The letter R
Q. Why does a hen pick a pot.
A. Because she cannot lick it.
Q. Eight arms but no hand, a wooden leg but cannot stand, is often wet but cannot feel(continues on next page)
