School: Dunboyne (C.) (roll number 15917)
- Location:
- Dunboyne, Co. Meath
- Teachers: Seosaimhín Ní Chonmidhe Uná Frinse
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0689, Page 067
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- (continued from previous page)pan one side a woman and the other side a man?
A penny.
17. What is the hardest key to turn?
A donkey.
18. Where are the most star fish to be found?
Round the isle of sky.
19. Why does a cow look over a hill?
Because she can't look under it.
20. What is the difference between a hill and a pill?
One is hard to get up and the other is hard to get down.
21. When were there only two vowles?
In the time of Noha (no a) before you (u) and I (i) were born.
22. I have a little thing not as big as a mouse and it has as many windows as the Lord Mayor's house?
A thimble.
23. White body and red cap?
A match.
24. Why do old maids wear cotton gloves?
Because they have no kids.
25. Why is a man with a bald head so much like a greyhound?(continues on next page)
