School: Carnaross, Kells (roll number 3852)

Location:
Carnaross, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0705, Page 007

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    What gives a cold cures a cold and pays the doctor's bill? A draft.
    What is harder than earning money? Collecting it.
    I have a little sister the longer she lives the shorter she gets? A candle.
    Alive in the front dead in the middle and body and soul behind. A man ploughing.
    King of a rock that has a ship in that ship Ann his daughter sits Ann I am blamed for telling her name Ann that's three times I told it?
    Ann is her name.
    What is it that's all holes and yet holds water? Sponge.
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