School: Johnstown (roll number 877)
- Location:
- Johnstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Miss H.C. Hickie
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- If there was a wall built from Navan to Oldcastle what height would it be?
The height of nonsense.
What sort of stories would you find in a river?
Wet ones.
Spell Blackater in three letters - ink
What has teeth and can't eat - A saw.
- Collector
- Stephen Mc Nally
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 12
- In which month do ladies talk least?
February because it is the shortest.
Why is a bubble like a bruise?
Because it comes from a blow.
Where should you feel for the poor?
In your pocket.
Why is a sick Hebrew like a diamond?
He is a Jew-ill.
Why is grass like a penknife
Because the spring brings out the blades.
