School: Convent of Mercy, Athlone
- Location:
- Athlone, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Sr Regis
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- (continued from previous page)walking thirty miles what would he get for walking a hundred miles
Answer: Sore feet.
Which travels the more quickly heat or cold?
Answer: heat because you can catch cold
Why is an empty purse always the same?
Answer Because there is never any change in it.
What is the strongest day of the week?
Answer. Sunday because all the rest are week days.
Why is the letter F a real stumbling block?
Answer: Because it makes all fall.
Why do little birds in their nests agree?(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mary Flynn
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Athlone, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Mrs Flynn
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Athlone, Co. Westmeath