School: Windgap (C.), Thomastown (roll number 5698)
- Location:
- Bearna na Gaoithe, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Eóin
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- (continued from previous page)Q. What is the strongest thing in the world.
A. A snail because she carries he house on her back.
Q. He went up the path and down the path and he took the path on his back.
A. A ladder going up to a house and a man carries it on his back.
Q. Up the chimney, down, and down the chimney up.
A. An umbrella
Q. What is the difference between a schoolmaster and a stationmaster.
A. Because a schoolmaster trains the mind and a stationmaster minds the train
Q. Twenty sick sheep went out(continues on next page)
