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School: Cnoc na Groighe (B.), Ráth Mhór

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Knocknagree, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Diarmuid Ó Muimhneacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0358, Page 063

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    It flys high, flys low, wares boots and has not boots. What is it?
    Answer : a football.
    Once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in a thousand years?
    Answer : the letter m.
    What fruit is in a penny?
    Answer : the date.
    What month do children eat least?
    Answer : the month of February.
    What is the difference between a station-master and a school-master?
    Answer : A school-master trains the mind and a station-master minds the train
    What runs but cannot walk?
    Answer : a tap
    What is the biggest word in the alphabet?
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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