School: Ballinagore (roll number 16340)
- Location:
- Ballynagore, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: D. Mac Duinnshléibhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0734, Page 171
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What is it always walks with its head down?
A nail in your boot.
What goes away between two woods and comes home between two waters? A man fetching water in pails.
Middy-Noddy round body, three feet and a wooden hat? A pot.
What's full and holds more? A pot of potatoes when you pour water in.
Headed like a timble, tailed like a rat, you may guess for ever but you couldn't guess that?
A pipe.
What goes round the wood and round the wood and never gets into the wood? The bark of a tree.
Long legs, short thighs, little head and no eyes?
A tongs.
What is it that has an eye but cannot see?
A needle.
Two draws four? A woman milking a cow.
What part of Ireland fits in a bottle? Cork.
What crosses the water and never touches the water:
A bridge.
What is the difference between a teacher and an engine driver? One trains the mind and the other minds the train.
What has the most eyes and cannot see:
Potatoe.(continues on next page)
