School: Aughaclay (roll number 13140)
- Location:
- Templemoyle, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seán Ó Beirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1124, Page 96
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- Q. Every thing has it and so has a needle.
A. A name
Q. What is the differences between a railway guard and a school master.
A. One trains the mind and the other minds the train.
Q. Wee head, no eyes, long legs and crooked thighs.
A. A pair of tongs.
Q. Its neither out nor in and its out and in.
A. A window.
Q. Spell a red running rogue in three letters.
A. A fox.
Q. It never will nor it never will be: look in your hand and you will see.
A. That your small finger will never be as big as your large finger.
Q. What goes round the house and round the house and lies in every corner.(continues on next page)
