School: Ballinamore (B.) (roll number 2820)
- Location:
- Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seán Heslin
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- (continued from previous page)251 Q. How many feet have forty sheep, the shepherd, a his dog?
A. Two feet. 252 Q. Why does a person go to bed?
A. Because the bed won't come to the person. 253 Q. What would it take to make a pair of shoes?
A. Two shoes. 254 Q. What is the longest word in the English language?
A. Smiles because there is a mile between the first and last letters. 255 Q. Why are washwomen always foolish?
A. Because they put out tubs to catch soft water when it's raining hard. 256 Q. I went up the road and came back the road [sic] and I took the road on my back?
A. A ladder. 257 Q. Why doesn't a clock strike thirteen?
A. Because it hasn't the face to do so. 258 Q. What goes through the wood and leaves a rag on every bush?(continues on next page)- Collector
- Francis Michael Mc Govern
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloverhill or Corglass, Co. Leitrim