School: Broca
- Location:
- Brockagh Lower, Co. Leitrim
- Teachers: T. Ó Chioráin S. Ó Gallchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0198, Page 345
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- What becomes larger the more you take from it?
A hole
How would you compare a train to a flea?
Both run on sleepers.
Blackie and Whitie went over the hill, Blackie came back but Whitie lay still.
A hen laying an egg.
If all the Holy Innocents were put together in the one grave and the wee finger of each child showed above the ground, how would you know which were boys and which were girls?
They were all boys.
As green as grass, and grass it isn't.
As red as blood, and blood it isn't.
As black as ink, and ink it isn't.
A blackberry.
What will go up
What will go up the chimney down, but will not go down the chimney up?
An Umbrella.
What is the best thing a thirsty man had in his pocket?
A watch - it has a spring inside it.
A man went to rob an orchard, where there were three guards. He climbed the walls, and was plucking the apples when the first guard came upon. So he made a bargain with him(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Adrian Clancy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Brockagh Lower, Co. Leitrim
