School: Ballinorley (roll number 11597)
- Location:
- Béal Átha an Orlaí, Co. Shligigh
- Teacher: Mrs Anna Ewing
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0160, Page 174
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- 1. A herring and a half for 1d [?]. How much per dozen is that? 1/=
2. As round as an apple, as deep as a cup, all the men in Derry wouldn't lift it? A well.
3. White and black and "read" all over. A newspaper.
- Collector
- T. Gillmor
- 1. What has teeth & cannot eat? A comb.
2. What goes round the wood and round the wood & cannot get into the wood? The bark of a tree.
3. What has a cat that no other animal in the world can have? Kittens
4. What part of a cow goes through the gap first? Her breath.
5. Why does a hen pick a pot? Because she cannot lick it.(continues on next page)
