School: Carrigbyrne (roll number 4479)
- Location:
- Carrickbyrne, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Máire Cuirtéis
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- (continued from previous page)14. When is a door not a door?
Ans. When it is a jar.
15. When is a boy not a boy?
Ans. When he falls into the water and comes out dripping.
16. Why does an ass eat thistles?
Ans. Because he is only an ass.
17. Little red Annie she sits in the hall and if you go near her she will roar and bawl?
Ans. A bell.
18. As round as an apple as flat as a pan the whole of woman the head of a man?
Ans. A penny
19. When is a pony like a mouse?
Ans. When he under a trap.
20. Which is the cleanest letter in the alphabet?
Ans. H because it is in the middle of washing.
21 There was a thing but one day old and Adam was no more but before that thing was five weeks old Adam was four score.(continues on next page)