School: Carlingford (C.) (roll number 13582)
- Location:
- Carlingford, Co. Louth
- Teacher: S. Ní Mhártain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0657, Page 105
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- (continued from previous page)Q. Why does a cow look over the ditch?
A. Because she cannot look under it.
Q. What is taken from you before you get it?
A. A Photograph.
Q. What bow can you not tie?
A. The rain bow.
Q. What key can you not turn in a lock?
A. A donkey
Q. Which is the quicker, heat or cold?
A. heat is quicker because you can always catch cold.
Q. Why are bells very obedient?
A. Because they make sound when they are tolled.
Q. As I went over London Bridge I met a London scholar He drew off his coat, and he drew off his hat. Tell me the name of that scholar?
A. Andrew.
Q. Twenty sick sheep went out a gap. One of them dies, how many were left?
A. Nineteen.
Q. A little white Nancy, with a little red nose, the longer she lives the shorter she grows.
A. A candle.
Q. What time does the clock get hungry?
A. Eight o clock.
Q. Why is a nobleman like a book?
A. Because he has title.(continues on next page)
