School: Ballinamore (B.) (roll number 2820)
- Location:
- Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seán Heslin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0224, Page 212
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- 34 Q. The man that buys it doesn't want it, and the man that wears cannot see it?
A. A coffin.35 Q. What is the best way to make a coat last?
A. Make the trousers and waistcoat first.36 Q. What keeps the farthest away from a cat's ear.
A. A mouse.37 Q. Ink ank under the bank twenty teeth and one shank?
A. A comb.38 Q. How many sides on a cup?
A. Inside and outside.39 Q. There is a town in Ireland. It is neither in England or Spain. If you spell it backways or frontways it is all the same?
A. Navan.40 Q. The "hitic" the "hatic" the double cinatic.
The thing with a lump on the end of it?
A. A churn dash.41 Q. Which would you rather a lion to eat you or a bear?
A. I would rather the lion would eat bear.42 Q. Did you ever see a duck swimming and a cat sitting on her tail?
A. I often saw a swimming in a river and a cat sitting on her tail along the fire.
- Collector
- James Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cleenaghoo, Co. Leitrim
