School: Ballyroebuck (roll number 12841)
- Location:
- Ballyroebuck, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Seán Diolúin
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- Q. What sleeps on its head all night?
A. The nails of your boots.
Q. Why does it matter that a beggarman wears a short coat?
A. Because it will be long enough till he gets another.
Q. Why does a cow look over the ditch?
A. Because she cannot look under it.
Q. What has a head, a foot and four legs?
A. A bed.
Q. What goes round the wood and never goes into the wood?
A. The bark on the trees.
Q. What is the shiest thing in a house?
A. A clock because it always has its hands on its face.
Q. What is the sickest thing in a house?
A. A window because it is all panes.
Q. What part of a cow goes over the ditch first?
A. Her breath.
Q. Black and white and read all over?(continues on next page)- Informant
- James Somers
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballingate, Co. Wicklow