School: Ballykelly
- Location:
- Baile Uí Cheallaigh, Co. Loch Garman
- Teacher: Pádraig Mac Uadain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0873, Page 235
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- (continued from previous page)Because in one the tick is outside and in the watch the tick is inside.
If the chimney does not draw smoke, what will it draw?
Tears.
Where was Moses when he was smoking his pipe?
Behind it.
What goes with a train and its no use to the the train and still the train cannot go without it?
The noise of the train.
Why is a horse never hungry?
Because he has always a bit in its his mouth.
Why is a bar of toffee like a race horse?
Because the more you lick it the quicker it goes.
What has a head and can’t get a hat to fit it?
Bray head.
- Collector
- Bridie Molloy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Teampall Geal, Co. Loch Garman
