School: Baile an Chnuich (Hilltown)
- Location:
- Hilltown, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Simon Murphy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0882, Page 173
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- (continued from previous page)motoring if the black men ate the white man would the number of the car be?
A. 281.
Q. What runs but cannot see?
A. A River.
Q. As round as an apple as plump as a ball it can climb the church, steeple and all?
A. The sun.
Q. A happy little red cow sitting by the wall he eats all he can but drinks none at all?
A. A fire.
Q. What goes around the house all day and sleeps on its head at night.?
A. A Broom.
Q. Black and white and red all over.?
A newspaper.
Q. Four legs up and four legs down hard around the edge and soft in the middle?
A. A Bed.
Q. Why is the letter K like a pigs tail.?
A. Because it is at the end of pork.
Q. What vegetable is dangerous in a ship ?
A. A leek (leak).
Q. As round as an apple as flat as a pan
the half of a woman the whole of a man.?
A. A penny.
Q. What wears boots but never has any?(continues on next page)
