School: Mc Kelvey's Grove (roll number 9130)
- Location:
- Loughbrattoge, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Eva Campbell
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Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall Humpty Dumpty got a great fall. All the king's horses and all the king's men could not put Humpty Dumpty together again?
An egg
How much is this, a halfpenny wet, a halfpenny dry, four pence halfpenny and a halfpenny more a halfpenny behind and a halfpenny before four pence halfpenny and half penny more?
A shilling.
Why is a luggage can like a tree?
Because it is full of trunks.
When is a ship in love?
When she is attached to a buoy(boy)
What fruit is on money?
Dates.
As white as snow and snow it isn't as green as grass and grass it isn't, as red as blood and blood it isn't, as black as soot and soot it isn't. What is it?
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- Collector
- Meta Nesbitt
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Tullynageer, Co. Monaghan