School: Clochar na Trócaire, An Uaimh (roll number 16100)
- Location:
- Navan, Co. Meath
- Teacher: An tSr. Concepta le Muire
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- 19. Q. What things cannot be bought for money?
A. A sheet for the bed of a river, a had for the head of a bed, shoes for the foot of a mountain.20. Q. What turns without moving?
A. Milk.21. Q. What is always behind time?
A. The back of a clock.22. Q. If a man had twenty patches on his trousers what time would it be?
A. Time to get a new one.23. Q. What am I like the window?
A. Because I am all pains. (panes)24. Q. As I went yonder gap, I met my Uncle Davie,
I cut his throat, and sucked his blood,
And left him lying easy.
A. A Blackberry.25. Q. What has a top and no cover?
A. Stout.26. Q. Why is a policeman like a rainbow?
A. Because he always come out after a storm.27. Q. What is the difference between a station-master and a school-master?
A. One minds the train and the other trains the mind.28. Q. What is the difference between an ass and a postage stamp?- Collector
- Marion Walker
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Navan, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Mrs Walker
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 50