School: Shinrone (B.)
- Location:
- Shinrone, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: William Mac Mahon
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0819, Page 008
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- (continued from previous page)What is full and still holds more?
A pot of potatoes before you put the water in.
If a ton of coal cost 3/6 what would a ton of turf come to?
Ashes
A messenger between two houses and it is out at night?
A path
Long legs short thighs little head and no eyes?
A tongs.
What goes up and down and never touches sky or ground?
The handle of a pump.
- When is a penny like a hermit?
When it is a loan (alone)
Why should Ireland soon be rich?
Because its capital is always Dublin.
What are the most unsociable things in the world?
"Milestones" because you would never see two together.
Why is a miser like a man with a bad memory?
Because he is always for getting (forgetting)
When is a ship sentimental?
When it hugs the shore.
Jenny inside the ditch Jenny outside the(continues on next page) - Collector
- John Burniston
- Gender
- Male
