School: Castletowngeoghegan (C.) (roll number 2093)
- Location:
- Castletown Geoghegan, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: C. Ní Chonaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0734, Page 371
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- When is a boy forced to keep his word.
Ans. When no one will take it.
Who was the first whistler.
Ans. The wind.
What is it always walks on it's head.
Ans. A nail in your shoe.
Which is the highest building in the world?
Ans. The library, because it has the most stories in it.
Round the house and round the house and sleeps in the corner at night.
Ans. The brush.
It is neither inside or outside and yet it is very useful to the house.
Ans. A window.
What is it that when it loses it's eye has only a nose.
Ans. Noise.
What is it we all want but never wish to keep.
Ans. A good appetite.
What is that which belongs to you but it is used most by other people.
Ans. Your name.
I have a little house and it won't hold me nor my clothes and yet it will hold thousands. What is it?
Ans. A bee hive.
I have a wee house and there are as many windows(continues on next page)
