School: Ballinamore (B.) (roll number 2820)
- Location:
- Béal an Átha Móir, Co. Liatroma
- Teacher: Seán Heslin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0224, Page 249
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- (continued from previous page)284 What is the difference between a school teacher and an engine?
Ans. One trains the mind and the other minds the train. 285 Why is it wrong to convict a deaf man?
Ans. Because nobody may be convicted with hearing. 286. What State in the United States is high in the centre and sound at both ends.
Ans. Ohio. 287. What part of a cathedral would be burnt first?
Ans. The organ because the fire men would not know how to play on it. 288. When does a good natured man most resemble a soldier or parade?
Ans. When he stands a tease (at ease). 289 When are soldiers like good flannels?
Ans. When they don't shrink. 290 Why is a calendar like a palm tree?
Ans. You get dates from both.
- Collector
- Bertie O Hara
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coill Rois, Co. Liatroma
