School: Fahan Lower (roll number 14506)
- Location:
- Fahan Lower, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: R. Ó Cléirigh
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- What is the difference between a school master and an engine driver?
Answer: One trains the minds and the other minds the train.
Long legs, short thighs, wee head, no eyes?
Answer: A pair of tongs.
Can a man marry his widow's sister?
Answer: No because he is dead.
Where do we find fruit on a penny?
Answer: The date.
How many feet has forty sheep a shepherd and his dog?
Answer: Two.
If a herring and a half cost threehalfpence how much would a dozen cost.
Answer: One shilling
If a hen and a half laid one egg and a half in a day, how many would it lay in a week?(continues on next page)- Collector
- Doreen Barr
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal