School: Mooncoin, Waterford
- Location:
- Mooncoin, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: J. Mc Carthy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0840, Page 183
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- No (1)
If a man got sixpence for walking thirty miles what would he get for walking a hundred miles.Answer.-- Sore feet.No (2)
Four lily landers four sticky standards two lookers, two crookers and a wheelabout. Answer.-- A cow. No (3)
The man that made it never wore it; the man that wore it never saw it. Answer.-- A coffin.No (4)
It walks on four legs, on two, and on three and the more legs it walks on, the weaker it be.Ans.-- A man.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Lennon
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Grange, Co. Kilkenny
