School: St Brigid's, Castleknock
- Location:
- Castleknock, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: Mrs Thornton
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0790, Page 199
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“Its black its white and its read all over.”
Told by Mrs Morrison
Abbey Lodge
Clonsilla
Co DublinWritten by her daughter Eileen aged 12.It's black it's white and it's read all over.
A paper.
What's the difference between a soldier and a lady.
The soldier faces the powder and the lady powders the face.
What part of a cat gets into a hole the first.
Its whiskers.
What is the shyest thing in a house.
The clock because it always has its hands on its face.
Why is a donkey like a stamp.
Because one goes on with a stick and the other goes on with a lick.
Why is a lady's jumper like a banana skin.
Because it's easy to slip on.
What side of a cup is the handle on.
The outside.
Twenty sick sheep went out a gap, one fell dead and how many came back.
None.
There's six pigeons on a gate a shot from my gun(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eileen Morrison
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Clonsilla, Co. Dublin
- Informant
- Mrs Morrison
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clonsilla, Co. Dublin