School: Ballybay (Hall St.) (roll number 12378)
- Location:
- Ballybay, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: C. Ó Maonaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0938, Page 307
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- (continued from previous page)A. A nail in a mans boot
Q. Why is a lame dog like a school boy.
A. Because he puts down three and carries one.
Q. If a man had hundred patches on his trousers what time is it.
A. Time to get a new pair.
Q. What time is it when a clock strikes thirteen.
A. Time to get it mended
Q. Keep me clean and I am everybody scratch my back and I am nobody
A. A looking-glass.
Q. Where was the first nail hit.
A. On the head.
- Q Did you ever see a bun dance on the table?
A Abundance.
Q As round as an apple, as plump as a ball, can climb the churches, steeple and all?
A The sun
Q What goes from house to house and yet is never in a house?
A A road.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Anna Breakey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cumry, Co. Monaghan
