School: Carraig na Heorna (roll number 10938)
- Location:
- Carricknahorna, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Susan Mary Irwin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1028, Page 379
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- (continued from previous page)38. What time is it if your clock strikes thirteen?
-Time to have it mended.
39. If all the vowel cried out at once, why would you only hear “O”?
-Because, all the others are inaudible.
40. Why is a wood like a luggage-van?
-Because, it is full of trunks.
41. What makes the road broad?
-The letter B.
42. What Irish county never goes hungry?
- Meath, because, there is always meat in it.
43. When is a ship in love?
-When she is attached to a buoy.
44. Why should you never starve at the seaside?
-Because, each wave comes in with a roll [sic]
45. What is the difference between forms and ceremonies?
-you sit upon forms and stand on ceremonies.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Susan Mary Irwin
- Gender
- Female
