School: Castletowngeoghegan (B.) (roll number 2092)
- Location:
- Castletown Geoghegan, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: T. Ó Conaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0734, Page 240
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- The bark of a tree.
4 What has an eye and cant see.?
A needle.
5 Why was the elephant last to leave the Ark?
Because he had to wait to pack his trunk.
6 When was beef at its highest.?
When the cow jumped over the moon.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Hyland
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Castletown Geoghegan, Co. Westmeath
- 1. What part of a cow goes out in a gap first?
Her breath.
2. As round as an apple as flat as a pan the half of a woman and the whole of a man?
A penny.
3. As round as an apple as flat as a cup and all the king horses would not pull it up?
A well.
4. As round as an apple as plump as a ball it can climb the church over steeple and all?
The sun
