School: Clonmellon (C.) (roll number 9501)
- Location:
- Clonmellon, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Mrs O' Reilly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0725, Page 0178
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- (continued from previous page)Why are soldiers always rather tired on April 1st.?
Because they have just had a March of 31 days.
What is the difference between the North and South pole?
All the difference in the world.
Why is an ajective like a baby?
Because he cannot stand alone.
Why is a person's ankle between his knee and his foot?
Because it keeps the calf away from the corn.
When a fish out of its elements.?
When it rises and takes a fly?
What word of seven letters read the same backways and forwards? Reviver.
What is the most dismal sort of hobby?
Fret-work.
Why is a room full of married people like an empty one?
Because there is not a single person in it.
Why is the letter S like a sewing machine?
Because it makes needles needless.
Busy father, lazy mother, twelve little children all the one colour? A clock.
Why are forty perches considered bad manners?
Because they make one rood. (Rude)
- Collector
- Nora Mc Cormack
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Galboystown, Co. Meath
