School: Newtown, Fertullagh
- Location:
- Newtownlow, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: K. Shumacher
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- (continued from previous page)there will be rain; but when the smoke ascends to the sky the weather will be fine. Soot falling down the chimney denotes rain.
- 1. What makes as much in the day as covers it at night?
The fire.
2. Why is a plum cake like an ocean?
Because it has many currants.
3. How would you get down off an ass?
There is no down on him.
4. As round as an apple, as flat as a pan, one side a woman, the other a man?
A penny.
5. When is a fish like an aeroplane?
When he rises and takes a fly.
6. What is it that can't see, hear, or speak, yet it has four fingers, and a thumb?
A glove.
7. Why is a thief always a reasonable man?(continues on next page)
