School: Robertstown, Naas (roll number 15655)
- Location:
- Robertstown, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: P. Ó Harachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0775, Page 184
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- Why does a man put up a ladder (lather).
To shave.What is it that is white and black and read all over.
A book.What is it that is alive in front dead in the middle, and baptized behind.
A man ploughing.Long ankie deaf and dumb has no feet but still can run.
A river.A round black body three feet and a wooden hat.
A pot.The man that made it made it for money, the man that bought it did not want it, the man that wanted it could not see it.
A coffin.Why does a hen pick a pot.
Because she can not lick it.I met motor car with two white men in it, and one black man. The two white men ate the black man.
What is the number of the motor car.
281.One head one body and four legs.
A bedWhat is it that goes up a ladder with its head(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peter Daly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Blackwood, Co. Kildare
