School: Fearann Ruaidhrí, Ballingarry, Thurles (roll number 11267)
- Location:
- Fearann Ruairí Íochtarach, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: Máighréad Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0562, Page 375
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- (continued from previous page)Why is coffee like an axe? Because they both have to be ground before they are used.
What can be in the water without getting wet? A shadow.
What is it that God never sees, king seldom sees, and the poor man sees it every day? His own equals.
What goes in dry and comes out wet? Tea
What is it that occurs in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in a thousand years? The letter M
What has four legs and still can fly? Two birds.
It is in the rock but it isn't in the stone, it is in the marrow but it isn't in the bone, it is in all sorts of timber but it isn't wood, it is in the river but it isn't in the flood? The letter Rd.
What has no wings and yet can fly? Dust(continues on next page)
