School: Boston (roll number 10212)
- Location:
- Bostoncommon, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Bean Uí Dhocharthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0777, Page 163
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- (continued from previous page)pennies, marbles and buttons play games and have music and dancing also. A cross in a boreen, in memory of a man who died there suddenly. A two crossed cut out of the canal bank where a man and a child was drowned are the only local characteristics of this kind.
- Black and white and red all over. A newspaper
What is the difference between a Teacher and an Engine Driver. One trains the mind, the other minds the train.
What is difference between a Teacher and a postage stamp. One licks with a stick, one sticks with a lick.
What hangs and hears and never blossoms. A crane
What goes around the world and never leaves the corner. A stamp
What has its heart in its head. A cabbage
The longer she lives the shorter she grows. A candle
i have a little sister she lives in a ditch, if you go near her you'll get and itch. A nettle(continues on next page)
