School: An Clochar (roll number 14705)
- Location:
- Kilbarron, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Mother Philomena
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1028, Page 179
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- (continued from previous page)As I was crossing London Bridge I met two London scholars and drew my stick and gave them a lick, what were the scholars’ names?
Andrew and Alice.
The King of Morocco built a ship,
An’ in that ship his daughter
sat,
An’ I’m not bound to tell her name,
An’ yet I’m told it three times?
Ann.
I have a little sister, she sits in
the hall,
And if you go near her she will
bawl?
A door bell.
What has no legs but can run?
A water tap.
What is the difference between a cat and a comma?
A cat has its claws at the end of its paws and a comma has its pause at the end of its clause.
When is a clock dangerous?
When it strikes one.
- Collector
- Aideen Stephens
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal
