School: Ballymore (C.) (roll number 7444)
- Location:
- Ballymore, Co. Westmeath
- Teachers: K. Kavanagh Mrs Kearney
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0743, Page 326
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- What are the most uncertain letters in the alphabet?
Those in doubt.
What bulbs will never grow in your garden?
Electric light bulbs.
Why is a jelly like a warm heart?
Because it does not take much to melt it.
Which is in the centre of Ireland?
The letter L.
What is the silliest thing you can buy?
A blanket for the bed of a river.
What has two arms, four legs, and yet can't walk?
An armchair.
What animal do you represent when you are tying up a parcel?
An oxter (a knot-ter).
Why did the kettle run?
Because the chimney flue.
Why is it hard to understand a pretty lady?
Because she can never be plain.
Its down and yet its up? What is it?
Swans down floating up in the air.
What kind of vegetables are always found in ap-aples?
Two peas.
In what way are a man and a candle alike?
Both often smoke when they go out.
Which is the biggest moth in the world?(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Esther Mahon
- Gender
- Female
