School: Cullies
- Location:
- Cullies, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: James Clarke
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1014, Page 118
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- What trees has fire no effect upon? Ashes, as when burnt they are ashes still.
When is an orange not an orange? When it is a little tart. Why does a hen pick a pot? Because she can't lick it.
Why should should be tired in the first of April?
Why should soldiers be tired on the first of April?
Because they are after a March of thirty-one days.
What man is always on strike?
A black-smith.
Whose eye never shed a tear?
A needles.
Why is a tall man the laziest?
Because he is the longest in bed.
What is that which has and no animal has? Kittens.
What is the difference between a school master and an engine driver?
One minds the train and the other trains the mind.
Black and white and read all over.
The newspaper.
As round as an apple as flat as a pan on one side a woman and on the other side a man. A penny(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Anna Lynch
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumhillagh North, Co. Cavan
