School: Clews' Memorial (roll number 15465)
- Location:
- Mainistir na Búille, Co. Ros Comáin
- Teacher: Máire Ní Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0234, Page 038
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- 1 What has a head, and cannot get a hat to fit it? (Bray)
2 On London Bridge there stands a man. He stands day after day, and where does he stand? (on his two feet)
3 Why was the elephant the last to leave Noe's Ark? (He had to pack his trunk)
4 If a man got 6d for walking a mile, how much would he get for walking thirty miles? (Sore feet)
5 What flies with four wings? (Two birds)
6 If I lost 6d and suddenly found it what do you think I would do? (Give up looking for it)
7 Why is a drawn tooth like something you have forgotten? (Because it is out of your head)
8What apple turned out a pear? (The forbidden apple (pair)
9 Black and white, and red (read) all over: (Newspaper)(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Anne Carty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Sí Ghuaire, Co. Ros Comáin
