School: Ballyconnell (B.)
- Location:
- Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: James Mulligan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0967, Page 276
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- (continued from previous page)What fruit lives on a penny.
A Date.
What makes a pair of shoes?
Two shoes.
Tray, Trick and Trim. Which is the dog's name?
Which.
Why does a young lady depend on the letter y?
Because without it she would be a young lad.
How far can a dog run into a wood?
To the middle of it, because if it ran any further it would be running out of it.
What goes up the ladder with its head down?
A nail in a man's shoe.
What grows in the wood, sounds in the town and earns his master many a pound?
A fiddle.(continues on next page)
