School: Tunnyfoyle
- Location:
- Tonyfoyle, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Thréinfhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1016, Page 157
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- I have a little man up in the field every time Is pull his leg his nose will bleed?
Why, A. pump.
Why is a dog like a tree?
Because he has a bark.
What is that the more you shake, take from it the bigger it gets? A grave.
What goes to the table and is cut and yet is never eaten?
A pack of cards.
If you had a match to light a fire to light a lamp to light a piece of paper which would you light first? The match
If a man had twenty patches on his trousers what time would it be?
It would be time to get a new pair.
Id eaded like a thimble tailed like a rat You may guess forever but you could not guess that?
A pipe.
A big bellyed mother a long(continues on next page)
