School: Clonmellon (C.) (roll number 9501)
- Location:
- Clonmellon, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Mrs O' Reilly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0725, Page 0213
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Why is a good wife always worth five shillings.
Because she is a crown to her husband
What is the difference between the North and South poles
All the difference in the world.
Why is a room full of married people like an empty one.
Because there is not a single person in it.
Why are forty perches considered bad manners.
Because they make one rood. (rude)
Busy father, lazy mother, twelve little children all the one colour.
A clock.
When is a fish out of its elements.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Olive Mc Carthy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clonmellon, Co. Westmeath
