School: Carrowreagh (roll number 15220)
- Location:
- Carrowreagh, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Elizabeth Benson
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0185, Page 0013
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- (continued from previous page)Because it is dripping.
A lazy face a hard working father; 12 little children all the same colour? A clock.
If a shovel and the poker costs 2/6 what will a ton of coal come to. Ashes
Why is a dog like a tree.
Because both lose their bark when dead.
I was going up a hill; I met a car. There were two white men and a black man. If the two white men eat the black man what the number of the car. 281.
How long did Cain hate his brother.
As long has he was (Abel).
What country would a hungry man relish
Turkey.
What word of five letters has only one left when you take two. Stone.
Spell enemy in three letters. N.M.E.(continues on next page)
