School: Stillorgan (roll number 2472)
- Location:
- Stillorgan, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: -
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- Q. What is the difference between a school teacher and an engine driver?
A. One trains the mind and the other minds the train.
Q. What is the noisiest thing in the world?
A. A candle, because it wakes the dead.
Q. Why is the water in England so white?
A. Because there is only one Black-Pool.
Q. What has branches, but no leaves or flowers?
A. A railway line.
Q. What is always in an empty milk jug?
A. Plenty of room
Q. What can be empty and yet have something in it?(continues on next page)- Collector
- Thomas Sivyer
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Galloping Green, Co. Dublin