School: Cluainín, Granard
- Location:
- Clooneen, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0763, Page 164
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- (continued from previous page)29. Where was Moses when the light went out? - in the dark
30. How many thorns in an acre of whins? - one and all the rest.
31. What is it a cat has but no other animals has - kittens.
32. Hairy in and hairy out, hairy in a hairy's mouth - A man putting on his stockings.
33. Why do people carry an umbrella - because it can't walk.
34. What goes ogg yet stays in the same place - a gun.
35. How many miles a cup? two, inside and outside.
36. Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat, you may guess for ever, but you won't guess that? a pipe.
37. What is always behind time? The works of a clock.
38. What has a head & no face? a match.
39. A long legged father, a big bellied mother and three children - a pot.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Cullen
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Dundavan, Co. Cavan
