School: Cor na Péiste
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- Cornapaste, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: M. Ní Théinfhir
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- (continued from previous page)29. Why is the crow a sensible bird?
(Because he never complains without cause {caws}).30. What bears but never blossoms?
The crook.31. When did Noah strike the first nail in his ark?
(On the head).32. If it takes half a yard to make a cap, what will it take to make a suit?
(A tailor).33. As I went through a wheat-field, I saw something nice that I could eat. It was neither fish, flesh nor bone, what was it?
(An egg.)34. If three men ate 6 potatoes, what would the number of their motar-car be?
(386)35. A kitchen full, a room full and you couldn't catch a spoon ful?
(Smoke)36. Through the wood, and through the wood, and through the wood it ran, although it was little thing, it killed a big man?
(A bullet.)37. Clink, clank down yon bank ten about two?
(A person milking a cow)38. How man hairs are there in a cat's tail?
(None. They are on the outside).39. How many feet have forty sheep, the shepherd, and his dog?
(Two)40. Look at me and you are somebody. Turn my back & you are nobody?
(A person using a looking-glass.)(continues on next page)