School: Castletowngeoghegan (B.) (roll number 2092)
- Location:
- Castletown Geoghegan, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: T. Ó Conaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0734, Page 238
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- Francis Duffy
- Gender
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- J. Brennan
- Address
- Castletown Geoghegan, Co. Westmeath
- (continued from previous page)1. What will go up a chimney down and will not go up a chimney up?
An umbrella
2. What goes up and down and up and down and never touches the ground?
The handle of a pump
3. Round the wood and round the wood and cannot get into the wood?
The bark of a tree
