School: Clochar na Trócaire, Sligeach
- Location:
- Sligo, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: An tSiúir Aibhistín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0160, Page 331
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Sligo, aged sixty years.
Essay written by Peggy Harkin
- "What goes round the wood and round the wood and never touches the wood?"
The bark of a tree.
"What is it that goes up the ladder with its head downwards?"
The nails in a man's shoe.
"What is the highest building in the world?" A library because it has millions of stories.
"How far can a hare run into a wood?"
Half way because he is running out after half-way.
"Why is the letter F like a banana skin?"
Because both make all fall.
"How could you make a trousers(continues on next page) - Collector
- Peggy Harkin
- Gender
- Female
