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School: Louth (B.) (roll number 1553)

Location:
Louth, Co. Louth
Teacher:
P. Randles
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0665, Page 014

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    Patched upon patches sewed without stitches riddle me that and i'll give you my breeches?
    A head of cabbage.
    It grows in the wood and sounds in the town and earns its master many a pound?
    A fiddle
    Why does a chimney smoke?
    Because it cannot chew.
    What is the difference in a school master and a stamp?
    One sticks with a lick and the other licks with a stick.
    Why is a spoon like a runaway horse?
    Because they both cause a stir.
    Twenty sheep went out a gap one died how many came back?
    None, because they all went on.
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