School: Ballinamore (B.) (roll number 2820)
- Location:
- Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seán Heslin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0224, Page 243
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- (continued from previous page)244 Q. As high as a chapel. As stiff as a stake. When you pull it by the tail. You make it speak.
A. A bell.245 Q. Two dead men fighting. Two blind men looking on. Two cripples running for the police. And two dummies shouting go on?
A. A lie. 246 Q. If a man fell off a ladder, what would he fall against?
A. His will. 247 Q. What does a stone become in water?
A. Wet.248 Q. Why is a horse never hungry?
A. Because he has bits in his mouth.249 Q: Why should a person not sleep on the sailway?
A. Because the train runs over the sleepers.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Francis Michael Mc Govern
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloverhill or Corglass, Co. Leitrim
