School: Tuar Árd, Áth Treasna (roll number 8893)
- Location:
- An Tuar Ard, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Éamonn Ó Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0353, Page 318
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- (continued from previous page)26 Why does a cow look over a ditch. Because she could'nt look under it.
27 Why is a white hen better than a black hen
Because the white hen can lay a white egg and the other cannot
28 What is it that a woman always looks for but never cares to find. A hole in her stocking
29 Black and white and read all over. A newspaper.
30 A hard working father a wee lazy mother twelve little children and they all the one colour.
The face of a clock
31 Why is a sheet of stamps like remote relatives.
Because they are but slightly connected.
32 Why does a clock stop when it falls on the ground
Because it cannot go farther.
33 What turns without moving. Milk
34 What runs without moving The Railway line.
35 If a window is ten feet high from the ground and a person threw a pan of water out the window what would the fall be. Down.
36 What fish pleases a good wife best, Her-ring
37 What tree is nearest to the sea The Beach
38 Why is a woman mending stockings an extraordinary site Because her hands are where her feet ought to be.
39 Red and white and emerald green the King couldnt touch it neither the queen. A Rainbow.(continues on next page)
