School: Ballynarry

Location:
Ballynarry, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
E. Mac Gabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0989, Page 084

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0989, Page 084

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    If any thing come over me that Jesus Christ would waken me. there are four corners on my bed there are four Angles around my spred. Mathew Mark Luken John God bless the bed that I lay on.
    A morning offering. O Jesus through the most pure Heart of Mary, I offer thee the prayers works and sufferings of this day for all the intentions of Thy Divine Heart, I offer them to Thee, espically for the temporal welfare of Religious Orders and Congregations and for the pope's Missonary Intention. Amen.
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  2. 1 Q How can you get down of an ass?
    A There is no down on an ass.
    2 Q What is it that a cat has and no other animals has?
    A Kittens.
    3 Q As round as an apple as flat as a pan one side a woman and the other a man?
    A A penny.
    4 Q Black and white went up the hill back came back and white stood still?
    A A hen laying a egg.
    5 Q Black and white and red all over?
    A The news paper.
    6 Q Two black men and a white one went out in a car. The two black men eat the white one what was
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary T. Smyth
    Gender
    Female