School: Knockaderry (C.) (roll number 2419)
- Location:
- Knockaderry, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Hanna Mannix
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0460, Page 240
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35.)
Jack's father was Paddy's brother, what was Jack to Paddy's mother? His grandmother.
36.) Two Black men, and one white man went out motoring one day, the two Black men ate the white man, and what was the number of the car? 281.
37.) Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat you may guess for ever but you could not guess that? A pipe.
38.) What is the difference between an enginedriver and a schoolmaster? Because the enginedriver minds the train and the Schoolmaster trains the mind.
39.) What goes round the wood and never gets into the wood? The bark of a tree.
40.) Spell brown down ditch in three letters? gap.
41.) It is in the marrow but not in the bone. It is in the rock but not in the stone. It is in(continues on next page)
- Informant
- James Power
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Farranfore, Co. Kerry
