School: Athlone (Mixed) (roll number 16092)
- Location:
- Athlone, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: T. Hunter
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0748, Page 042
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- (continued from previous page)Black and white went up a hill black came down but white stayed still.
A black hen laying an egg.What goes from Athlone to Galway without any legs.
A railway line. What's black and white and red(read) all over.
A newspaper. Why didn't Moses bring cheese into the ark.
Because he didn't go in himself. When is a cow not a cow.
When she is turned into a field. What is it that has neither flesh nor bone and yet it has four fingers and a thumb.Why is a woman deformed when she is mending her stocking.(continues on next page)
