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School: Crowenstown

Location:
Crowinstown Little, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
M. Ní Bhriain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0724, Page 184

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    fifty men can't close again? A nut.
    Why is a fox in a hen roost like a house on fire? The sooner its put out the better.
    Why is a pistol like working hard at school? You are sure to get a good report.
    What is good to eat, is neither flesh, fish, meat or bone, yet in twenty four hours it will walk alone? An egg.
    How do you get down off a ladder? You don't, you get down off a duck?
    Niddy, Noddy, round body, three feet and a wooden head? a pot.
    What walks with its head downwards? A nail in your boot.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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