School: Coore (Cora), Mullach (roll number 10191)
- Location:
- Coor West, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Pádraig Midheach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0624, Page 368
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- (continued from previous page)R. When was beef the highest?
A. When the cow jumped over the moon.R. Why is an idle school boy like a postage stamp?
A. Because he is licked and put in a corner, and made stick to his letters.R. Why does a donkey prefer thistles to corn?
A. Because he's an ass.R. What's the hardest key to turn?
Ans. A donkey.R. What's the biggest room in the world?
Ans. The room for improvement.R. If Jack father was Paddy's brother. What was Jack to Paddy's mother?
Ans. grandson.R. If you went up in a castle. What would you fall against?
A. Your will of course.R. What is that, that never was or never will be?
A. A mouse's nest in a cat's ear.R. Twenty four white cows tied in a stall. The red cow came out and licked them all?
A. Your teeth and tongue.(continues on next page)
