School: Robertstown, Naas (roll number 15655)
- Location:
- Robertstown, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: P. Ó Harachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0775, Page 257
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- (continued from previous page)5. It went to America, and stopped in it. It came back to Ireland, and did not stop at all
A clock
6. What is the pain of which everybody makes light?
A window pane.
7. Why is the world like music?
Because it is full of sharps and flats.
8. What is that which every living being has seen, but never will see again?
Yesterday.
9.In which month do ladies talk least.
February the shortest
10. Why is the letter G like the first sweet you eat out of a bag?
Because it makes one gone(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Alice Cummins
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 10
- Address
- Robertstown, Co. Kildare
