School: Balla (C.)
- Location:
- Balla, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Katie M. Walker
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0096, Page 5
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- (continued from previous page)9. It's in the rock but not in the stone.
It's in the marrow but not in the bone.
It's in the river but not in the flood.
It's in all sorts of timber but not in the wood.
Answer. The letter "R".
10. It opens like a barn door.
It closes like a trap.
And it's many a thing you'd think of
Before you'd thing of that.
Answer. An umbrella.
11. Queen Victoria built a ship.
An' in that ship her daughter lived,
An' I'd be blamed to tell her name,
An' that's three times I've said it.
(12) Answer. "Ann"
12. Why do girls look at the moon?
Answer. Because there's a man in it.
13. As I went up London Bridge,
(2) I met a London scholar.
I took his pen an' drew his name.
What was his name?
Answer. Andrew.
14. Why does a hen pick the pot?
Answer. Because she cannot lick it.
15. What part of he cow goes into the field first?
Answer. Her breath.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Katie M. Walker
- Gender
- Female
