School: Presentation Convent, Baltinglas
- Location:
- Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow
- Teachers: Sr Treasa Sr Ailbhe
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0916, Page 415
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- 1 What part of a bird does the most feathers grow on?
Ans. On the outside.
2 Why does a hen pick a pot?
Ans. Because it can't lick it
3 Why is a black hen cleverer than a white one
Ans. Because a black hen can lay a white egg, and an white hen can't lay a black egg.
4 If you were out of the sun, and I were in it, what would the sun become?
Ans "sin"
5 What is full and holds more?
Ans A pot full of potatoes, when water is put in it.
6 Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat,
Ans. A pipe.
7 Middy noddy round body. three feet, and a wooden hat.
Ans. A pot.
8 What goes away between two woods and comes back between two pails?
Ans. A person carrying water.
9 As round as an apple, as plump as a ball, can climb the church over steeple and all. Ans. The sun.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Frances Jones
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Deerpark, Co. Wicklow
