School: Mantua (roll number 2327)
- Location:
- Mantua, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Beirn
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- (continued from previous page)its head downwards.
Ans: nails of your boots.
Why is Sunday the strongest day of the week.
Ans: because all the rest are weak (week) days.
Why is toffee like a racehorse.
Ans: because the more you lick it the faster it goes.
What is the difference between a school master and a stamp.
Ans: one sticks with a lick and the other licks with the stick.
There was once a man and he had no eyes and he went out to see the skies he saw a tree with apples on he took no apples off and he left no apple on.
Ans: He had one eye and he took one apple off and he left one apple on.
- It is a sign of rain for the clouds to be floating low in the sky and also if they are of a dark grey colour. If the sky is clear and of a blue colour it is a sign of good weather. If the sun goes down pale and very white rain will follow but if it goes down red it is a sign of frost or good weather. At night if there is a yellow ring around the moon or if it is clouded it is also a sign of rain. If the birds are flying low and(continues on next page)
