School: Gleann
- Location:
- An Gleann, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: (ní thugtar ainm)
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- (continued from previous page)beating eggs
Why isn't it safe to tell a secret in a cornfield?
Ans. Because there are too many ears around
'This red, tis yellow, tis purple and green the King can't get at it or either the Queen?
Ans. A Rainbow
What is the most dangerous time to got to the country?
Ans. In the Spring, when the trees are shooting and the bullrush is out.
What was the difference between the man that saw the Niagara Falls and the man who did not?
Ans. One had seen a mist and the other had missed a scene.
Eight arms but no hand, a wooden leg. but cannot stand, is often wet but cannot feel, has no boots, but is shod with steel, a dress of silk, with a [?] around the middle. Now can you give this silly riddle?
Ans. An Umbrella.
As round as a marble, as deep as a cup, and all the King's men couldn't[?] take it up?(continues on next page)
