School: An Cnocán Bán, Áth Treasa (roll number 12999)
- Location:
- Cummery Connell (South), Co. Cork
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Ríordáin
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- (continued from previous page)Q. Two n's, two o's an l and a d. Put them together and spell them for me.
A. London.
Q. Which house is never dark?
A. The lighthouse.
Q.What is it taken from you before you get it ?
A. Your photograph.
Q. What is the favourite word with women ?
A. The last word.
Q. Why is a dog like a tree ?
A. Because they both lose their bark when dead.
Q. What do you often catch but never see ?
A. A passing remark.
Q. Born at the same time as the world, destined to live as long as long as the world, yet never five weeks old ?
A. The moon.
Q.What is the difference between a school master and a stamp?
A. One sticks with a lick and the other licks with a stick ?
Q. What key is the hardest to turn ?
A. Donkey.
Q. A man went to a gaol to see a prisoner, he was asked what relation he had to the prisoner he said , '' Sisters and brothers, I have none but that mans father is my father's son'' ?
A. His son.
Q.I have a little red cow, she eats all I give her but drinks(continues on next page)
