School: Cor an Chasáin
- Location:
- Cornasaus, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: E. Ó Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1020, Page 210
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- (continued from previous page)A. "Nothing"
Q. "When is a cow not a cow?"
A. "When she is turned into a field."
Q. "Town, two I's, an L, and a D, put that together and spell it for me!"
A. "London".
Q. "Why is the capital of Ireland the richest in the world?"
A. "Because it is always Dublin." (doubling)
Q. "What did the young fox say to the mother when the train cut the tail off him in the railway line?"
A. "Hard lines, mammy?"
Q. "What is it, that the more you take out of it the bigger it gets"?
A. "A hole."
Q."What is the difference between a schoolmaster and a train conductor?"
A. "One minds the train and the other trains the mind."(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Clerkin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Muff, Co. Cavan
