School: Ballyboy
- Location:
- Ballyboy, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Mrs Gath
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0808, Page 252
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- (continued from previous page)23. What sleeps in the corner at night with its head down?
A broom.
24. If I built a wall from hear to Donegal what hight would it be?
The hight of nonsence.
25. Hink hank under the bank ten drawing four?
Milking a cow.
26. A woodon leg and cannot stand?
An umberella.
27. What tree bears the most fruit to the market
The axle tree.
28. When you go into a chemist what smells best?
Your nose.
29. Black and white and red all over?
A news paper.
30. Two dead men fighting, two blind men looking on, two cripples ran for police, two dumbies shouted hurry on. Whats' that?
- A lie
31. In a four - cornered room a cat sat in each corner and in front of each cat sat three cats and on every cat's tail sat a cat? How many cats were in the room altogether?
- Four cats were in it (altogether).
32.Sixty sheep, a sheperd and his dog went out a gap. How many feet went out?
Two feet (men's feet - dog has paws etc).
