School: Rathnure (C.) (roll number 12480)
- Location:
- Rathnure Upper, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Cáit Ní Bholguidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0900, Page 325
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- (continued from previous page)A man was carrying twelve lamps, he lost one of them what did he become? A Lamp-lighter.
Twice in a moment, once in a month, and never in a thousand years? The letter “m”.Spell black water with three letters? Ink.What goes up when the rain comes down? An umbrella.If a man got sixpence for walking a mile, what would he get for walking a hundred miles?
Sore feet.What is the strongest animal in the world?
The snail because it carries its house on its back.What has a tongue and cannot talk? A Boot.
Where did the first tree grow?
In the ground.
Why does a hen pick a pot? Because she cannot lick it.(continues on next page)
