School: Ballyhaise
- Location:
- Ballyhaise, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Thos. Plunkett
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0973, Page 287
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- (continued from previous page)"Ashes."Q. Why is a lazy boy like the back of a clock.
A. "Because both are behind time."
- Q. In comes two legs carrying one leg up leaps four legs and knocks down one leg up gets two legs and lifts up three and knocks down four legs?
A. A man with a leg of mutton and a dog leaped up and knocked it out of his hand and a girl got up of a stool and fired at the dog.Q.There are two pigs in yonder sty one of them wet and the other dry when they get food they roar and cry when they none it's quiet they lie.
A. The mill stones.Q. I have a grey goose, She is large in size they that goes with her would want to be wise she has feet in her belly and walks on none she goes far from her dwelling and seldom comes home.?(continues on next page) - Collector
- Eugene Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Ouley, Co. Cavan
