School: Cornagilta (roll number 16408)
- Location:
- Cornagilty, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Luke Owens
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- As I was going to St. Ives,
I met a man with seven wives.
Each wife had seven cats,
Each cat had seven kittens,
Kits, cats, men and wives
How many went to St Ives?
Answer:
One went to St Ives, he only met the others.
A room with four corners, has a cat in each corner, three cats before each cat and a cat on every cats tail. How many cats were there altogether?
Answer:
Four cats, each sitting on its own tail.
Hanna - ha - bell - news, spell that in four letter and I will give you a pair of(continues on next page)- Informant
- Michael Mc Kenna
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 40
- Address
- Drumcoo (Brady), Co. Monaghan