School: Moyvore
- Location:
- Moyvore, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Mrs Kelly
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- (continued from previous page)the Lord Mayor's house? A thimble12) Twenty sick (six) sheep went out on a gap, one fell dead, how many came back? Nineteen13) Why is a snail stronger than a man? For he carries his house on his back.14) I see it, and you don't see it and it is nearer to you than to me? The back of your head.15) The man that made it never wore it, and the man that wore it never saw it? A coffin16) Why is the letter "E" the laziest of all the letters? Because it is always in bed.17) When is the horse not hungry? When he has a bit in his mouth.18) What goes up the chimney down, and wont come down the chimney up? An umbrella19) When a boy falls what does he fall against? His will.20) Marcella, Bessie and Bet, - went to the wood to rob a bird's nest; they took none out of it or left none in it? Because there was none in it.21) What has a foot, but no toe or heel? A hill.22) What do you always carry in your hand? Your palm.23) What wig is no hair - dresser able to make? An ear-wig.24) What is it that when a piece is cut off it, it is made larger? A grave.25) The more you take out of it the bigger it gets?
A bog-hole.(continues on next page)
