School: Inch, Borris
- Location:
- Clanagh, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Michael J. O'Donoghue
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0903, Page 585
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- (continued from previous page)Q. A Tailor
Q. What turns without moving?
A. New milk
Q. If I built a house from here to Donegal, what height would it be?
A. The height of nonsense.
Q. It is a lovely ornament and when it is bought it is never lent. Those who buy it never use it but those it is bought for can't refuse it.
A. A coffin.
Q. Why is a pig in a parlour so much like a house on fire.
A. Because the sooner you get it out the better.
Q. What is the difference between a schoolmaster and an engine driver.
A. One minds the train and the other trains the mind.
Q. What is the cleanest letter in the Alphabet.
A. The letter H. Why. Because it is in the middle of washing.
Q. Where was Moses when the light went out.
A. In the dark.
Q. If coal costs a shilling a cwt. what would a ton of coal come to.
A. Cinders.
Q. As black as silk, as white as milk, and hips on the ground like hailstones?
A. A Magpie(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Andrew Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tinnacarrig, Co. Carlow
