School: Borris (B.)
- Location:
- Borris, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Loinneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0904, Page 322
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- Question: At what time of the year are soldiers tired?
Answer: At the end of march.Question: If a man had ten sons and each son had a sister how man children would that man had?
Answer: Eleven.Question: Have you ever seen a deer with horns? You have never seen a deer with horns.
Answer: You have seen a deer with your eyes.Question: Why is a drawn tooth like something you have forgotten?
Answer: Because it's out of your head.Question: If I lose a shilling and suddenly found it, what would I do?
Answer: Give up looking for it.Question: What has a head and can't get a hat to fit it?
Answer: Bray Head.Question: What is it the older it gets the smaller it grows?
Answer: A candle.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Joseph Doyle
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Ballynagrane, Co. Carlow
