School: Carrowbawn, Cill Dá Lua
- Location:
- Carrowbaun, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Ghadhnair
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- (continued from previous page)to be hungery
Because he always has a bit in his mouth.
The poker the timber and the tongs cost £2 10s 6d what would the coal come to.
Ans, Ashes.
What is it that God never sees. the queen and King seldom see and we see every day.
Ans. His own equals.
What is the best cat in the world
A Trap.
Why is a postage stamp like a lazy school - boy.
Ans. Because both are made stick to their Letters
What walks with its head down.
Ans. A nail in a man's boot.
A messenger from house to house and it stays out at night
Ans A Path.
It never was and never will be look at your hand and you will plainly see.
Ans.- That your little finger will never be as big as the others
Why is a barber the smallest man in the world.
Ans Because he has always to put up a (lather (ladder)
What goes around the whole world and cannot be seen. Ans. The wind.
As I went up a slippery gap I met my uncle Davy(continues on next page)
