School: Templenoe, Caiseal

Location:
Templenoe, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Thomas F. Keegan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0555, Page 165

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  1. 1 When has a man four hands.
    When he doubles his fists.
    2 If a man got sixpence for walking thirty miles what would he get for walking a hundred miles.
    Sore feet.
    3 What is it the older it gets the smaller it grows?
    A candle
    4 Father and mother sister and brother can't get up to each other?
    Four wheels of a motor car.
    5 When do three black hens make three white ones.
    When they are plucked.
    6 I have a little red cow she eats all I give her but drinks none at all.
    A fire.
    7 Look at me and I'm like everybody, scratch me and I'm like nobody.
    A looking glass
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
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