School: Arva (C.)
- Location:
- Arvagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Mrs Mc Govern
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0984, Page 151
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- What has four legs but can't walk?
A chair.
What has an eye and can't see?
An needle.
What has a head but no eyes.
A pin.
Whats black and white and red all over?
A newspaper.
What is the most modest thing in the house?
The clock because it holds its hands on its face.
Ink, ank, under bank, ten drawing four? A person milking a cow.
What is the longest word in the English language?
Smiles, because there is a mile between the first and last letters.
What causes many a silent tear?
Onions.
What gets wet with drying?
A towel.
What is that, the longer it lives the shorter it grows.
A candle.
If you fell of a house, what would(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Joy Scott
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Arvagh, Co. Cavan
