School: An Clochar, Cara Droma Ruisc
- Location:
- Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim / Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: An tSr. Emerentia
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0209, Page 126
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- As I went across a bridge I met a man, took out my pencil and drew his name.
What was his name?
Answer: Andrew.
As I went out on yonder gate I met my Uncle Davy, I left him down and drank his blood and left him lying easy?
Answer: A blackberry.
As round as an apple, as plump as a ball, can climb the church steeple and all?
Answer: The moon.
Why does a hen cross the road?
Answer: Because she cannot go under it.
Why does a hen pick a pot?
Answer: She cannot lick it.(continues on next page)
