School: Shercock (2)
- Location:
- Shercock, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Giolla Cluig
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1013, Page 329
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- Q. Why does a hen cross the road?
A. To get to the other side
Q. What month do ladies talk least in?
A. February, Why? 'Cause it is the shortest.
Q. What goes round and round the house and sleeps in the corner at night?
A. The sweeping brush.
Q. What goes from house to house and sleeps out at night?
A. A path.
Q. How many walls would make a river?
A. One, if it was big enough.
Q. What is it that never gets to heaven?
A. The sole on your boot.
Q. What is full and holds more?
A. A pot full of potatoes, it holds water afterwards.
Q. What is it that goes up a ladder with its head down?
A. A nail in your shoe.
Q. What has one head, one foot and yet four legs?
A. A Bed.
Q. What man will change colour without a blush?
A. A Dyer.
Q. Why is Ireland like a bottle?
A. Because there is a Cork at the end of both.
Q. Black and white and read (red) all over?
A. The newspaper.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Iris Magahy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Shercock, Co. Cavan
