School: Clonmacnoise
- Location:
- Cluain Mhic Nóis, Co. Uíbh Fhailí
- Teacher: P. Ó Maolmhuaidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0812, Page 087
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- (continued from previous page)Always eating, never cloying. All devouring, all destroying. Never finding full repast, till I eat the world at last.
(Answer) TimeWhat is the difference between a watch and a feather bed?
(Answer) One has the tickin inside and one has the ticking outside.What has four wings and flies?
(Answer) two birdsWhen is a chair treated spitefully?
(Answer) When you have it caned simply because it cannot bear you.Why was Adam a good runner?
(Answer) Because he was the first in the human race.As I went out to fodder the foal, I pulled the stump and left the hole.
(Answer) A thornEight arms but no hands, a wooden leg but cannot stand. It has no boots but shod with steel. Its often wet but cannot(continues on next page)
