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 371
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- (continued from previous page)R. What goes around the house all day and stands on its head in the night?
A. The brush.R. A ship went up the river, there were sixty men in it, and yet there was not a single man in it. How was it
A. Because they were all married men.R. Why is a cow's tail like the letter "f".
A. Because it is at the end of beef.R. Why is a dog's tail like the core of a tree.
A. Because it is farthest from the bark.R. The man that made it never wore it
The man who wore it never saw it?
A. A coffin.R. Four legs in the morning, two in the noon, and three in the evening. What is it?
A. The life of a person.R. It is in the rock, but not in the stone.
It is in the marrow, but not in the bone.
It is in the church, but not in the steeple.
It is in the priest, but not in the people.
Ans. The letter "r".
