School: Mc Kelvey's Grove (roll number 9130)
- Location:
- Loughbrattoge, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Eva Campbell
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0942, Page 250
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- (continued from previous page)When a black man dies what do his relations do?
Go a black berrying(black burying).
- What is brown at each end and white in the middle?
A loaf
What makes the cow jump the ditch?
Because she cannot go under it
Why does a duck walk across the road?
Because she wants to get to the other side.
Why does the cow look over the wall?
Because she cannot see through it.
What is waiting for your boots in the morning?
Your bones
What bridge is it that no man ever crossed?
The bridge of your nose
Spell dried grass with three letters?
Hay
Which queen reigned the longest?
Queen Victoria.
There was a man of Adam's race who had a certain dwelling-place neither in heaven nor in hell tell me where that man did dwell?(continues on next page) - Collector
- Ruth Dickson
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 11
- Address
- Tullintrat, Co. Monaghan
