School: Robertstown, Naas (roll number 15655)
- Location:
- Baile Riobaird, Co. Chill Dara
- Teacher: P. Ó Harachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0775, Page 245
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- What letter is invisible yet never out of sight?
"S" is invisible and never out "of sight".
Why should you never tell secrets in a cornfield?
Because there are so many ears there.
Why are laundry people silly?
Because they put out pails to catch soft water when it rains hard.
There is a round house and it is full of meat, there are no doors or windows to let me in to eat.
An egg.
Around the house and around the house and drags a harrow after it.
A hen with a clutch of chickens.
- Roasted salt is good for a sore throat.
Linseed poultice is goof for a boil.
Bread soda is good for a burn.
Cod liver oil is good for delicate people. - Collector
- Francis Carter
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 9
