School: Cooneal (roll number 6416)
- Location:
- Coonealmore, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Patrick Timbin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0145, Page 151
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- (continued from previous page)It's black and white and hops on the ground like hailstones? Answer, A magpie.
What enlightens the world though it's black? Answer, Ink
Black and white and read all over? Answer, A newspaper.
What fruit has every penny? Answer: The date.
The more you pull it the shorter it gets? Answer: A cigarette.
As I went round the house, and round the house I saw the dead burying the living? Answer, The ashes covering the coals.
