School: Carrowreagh (roll number 15220)
- Location:
- Carrowreagh, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Elizabeth Benson
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0185, Page 0016
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- (continued from previous page)Seel heels copper toes upon my word it would frighten the crows? A gun
How many feet has forty sheep a shepherd and his dog. Two feet
A white little man with a red little nose the longer he lives the shorter he grows? A candle.
A man was going to a market with a creel of geese. He met a buyer on the road who asked him how much did he want for a 100 geese. He said he hadn't 100 or had a hundred. But if he had as much more and half as much more and one and half he would have a hundred
How many geese had he? 30 geese
Why is a dog's tail like a swan's bosom. Because it grows down.
When a boy falls what does he fall against
Against his will.
What has but one eye and a long tail which she let fly. A needle with a thread.
