School: Tunnyfoyle
- Location:
- Tonyfoyle, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Thréinfhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1016, Page 297
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- (continued from previous page)said to himself "I mustn't mind that, it is only the fishes biting me".
At last he could not bear it any longer. "I must pull up my tail now, I wonder how many fishes I have caught" said he pulling and pulling but couldn't because his tail was stuck to the ice. "Oh what shall I do" said the bear and he ran off and left his tail behind him and that is why the bear has only a stump of a tail.
- /1/ As round as an apple,
As plump as a ball,
Climbs over church
Over steeple and all?
Ans = The moon,
/2/ What goes in dry and comes out wet?
Ans = Tea.
93/ Why is a black hen better than a white one?
Ans = Because a black hen can lay a white egg and a white hen can't lay a black egg.(continues on next page)
