School: Glenmaquin (roll number 9748)
- Location:
- Glenmaquin, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Eilís Bean Uí Leathain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1102, Page 60
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- QuestionWhy is a naughty boy like a penny stamp?
Which is the fastest heat or cold?
Which is the queerest animal of the farm?
What has three feet and cannot walk?
What walks with its head downwards?
When is a cow the roundest?
What gets wet with drying?
How could you compare a young girl to a soldier?
What is the back wardest thing in the world?
What turns without moving?How many sides has a football?
Why is snow so different from a Sunday?
If a forest of trees caught fire, what would be left?
Why is a bull in a china shop like a house in fire?
Which is the cleanest letter in the alphabet?
Which is the right side of the wedding cake?
What three letters would frighten a burglar?
What is bought by the yard and worn by the foot?
How could you compare a teacher to a postage stamp?
How many feet has forty sheep the shepard and his dog?
What tree is often seen in the school room?(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bessie Moorehead
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Glenmaquin, Co. Donegal
