School: Kilmaganny, Thomastown
- Location:
- Cill Mogeanna, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Teacher: C. Ó Hurdail
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- (continued from previous page)(7) As black as ink, as white as milk & it hops along the ground like hailstones?
A Magpie.
- (1) When is a night-light like a tomb-stone?
When set up for a late husband.(2) Which is the largest room in the world?
The room for improvement.(3) Why is a fly taller than most men?
Because he stands over six feet, without shoes or stockings.(4) Why is the July sun like a sixpence?
Because it is a tanner.(5) Why is Canada like courtship?
Because it borders on the United States.(6) When did Moses sleep five to a bed?
When he slept with his forefathers.(7) Why is an ex carpenter like a Dictionary?
Because he is an ex-planer.(8) Why is a woman deformed when mending stockings?
Because her hands are where her feet should be.(9) What is the difference between a blind man & a sailor in prison?
One cannot see to go & the other cannot go to sea.(10) Where did Noah strike the first nail in the ark?
On the head.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Eileen Phelan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cill Mogeanna, Co. Chill Chainnigh
