School: Scrabagh (roll number 11202)
- Location:
- Scrabbagh, Co. Ros Comáin
- Teacher: Mrs Rose Ffrench
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0254, Page 021
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- (continued from previous page)robbery with violence.
A. It is a fowl proceeding.
Q. Why does a railway clerk punch a hole in your return ticket.
A. To let you pass through.
Q Why is an empty purse expressive of constancy
A You can find no change in it
Q Why is the letter D like a wedding ring
A You cannot have wed without it
Q When does a cow become landed property
A When it is turned into a field
Q What is that which a cat has but no other animal
A Kittens
Q Why is your nose in the middle of your face
A Because it is the scenter
Q Twenty four white cows tied in a hall the red one comes out and licks them all
A Your tongue licking your teeth
