School: Askeaton (B.) (roll number 2039)
- Location:
- Askeaton, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: D. Mac Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0502, Page 286
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- (continued from previous page)Q :- What is it that I see, you see, but (s) God cannot see?
A :- Our own equals.
Q :- Why is a school-master like a train-driver?
A :- Because one minds the (d) train and the other trains the mind.
Q :- I know a little man, he lives in the hall, if you touch him he will roar and bawl.
A :- A bell.
Q :- Ink, ank, under bank, ten drawing four.
A :- A woman milking a cow.
Q :- As I went out a dirty gap I met me uncle Davy, I cut off his head, and left his body easy.
A :- A head of cabbage.
Q :- As I look out my little window I saw a man and if you pull his arm his nose will(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Thomas Stokes
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyhomin, Co. Limerick
