School: Coronea, Arva
- Location:
- Corraneary, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: P. Ó Dulchanta
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0983, Page 233
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Why may carpenters reasonably believe there is no such thing as a stone? Because they never saw it.
What is the difference between donkeys and postage stamps? One sticks with a lick and the other licks with a stick. Why is the world like music? Because it is full of sharps and flats. Two feet on the ground three feet over head, the head of the living and the dead? A pot on a man's head. What sleeps all night with its finger in its eye? The crook. As round as an apple as flat as a pan, one side a woman, and the other side a man? A penny. What goes across the water and never toucher it.(continues on next page)
