School: Baile an Chnuich (Hilltown)
- Location:
- Hilltown, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Simon Murphy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0882, Page 177
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- (continued from previous page)Q. Why is toffee like a racehorse?
A. Because the more you lick it, the faster it goes.
Q. What is the difference between a steep hill and a big pill?
A. One is hard to get up and the other is hard to get down
Q. What kind of fish is like an apple?
A. A crab.
Q. How many cows tails would reach the sky?
A. One if it was long enough.
Q. Who is the strongest man in town?
A. A Civic Guard because he can stop a motor car with one hand.
Q. What goes up a ladder with it head down?
A. A nail in a man's boot.
Q. Why is a pig in a parlour like a house on fire?
A. Because the quicker you put it out the better.
Q. If a man had forty patches on his britches what time would it be?
A. Time to get a new one.
Q. Long legs, crooked thighs, little head and no eyes ?
A. A pair of tongs.
Q. I am a shoe-maker, I make shoes without leather four elements mixed together fire, water, earth and air, and every customer takes two pairs?
A. A Blacksmith.
Q. What has a head but no eyes?
A. A match.
