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 369
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- (continued from previous page)R. What's that that's in a field, and every time you pull its nose bleeds?
A. A pump.R. What has eyes but cannot see?
A. A potato.R. Why does a horse go over the wall.
A. Because he could not go under it.R. Constantinople is a very big word, and you are a dunce if you cannot spell it?
Ans. It.R. What stick doesn't grow in the wood?
A. A candlestick.R. What's the shiest thing in a house?
A. The clock because it always has its hands to its face.R. What is the difference between a steep hill and a pill?
A. One is hard to go up, the other is hard to put down.R. It would kill a bull; it would kill a bear, and conquer all the men in Clare?
Ans. Hunger.(continues on next page)
