School: Leath-cheathrú (roll number 13437)
- Location:
- Lecarrow, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Liam Ó Maidín
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Ans. When the cow jumped over the moon.Q9. When is a dead duck like a dead doctor?
Ans. Because both have stopped quacking.Q10. What key is a poisonous one?
Ans. Whiskey.Q11. What is everybody doing at the same time?
Ans. Growing Old.Q12. What is taken from you before you get [?]
Ans. Your photograph.Q13. As I went out and came in again I saw the living, living in the dead, five they were and six will be; answer my riddle and set me free?
Ans. I saw a birds nest in a dead man's skull. There were six eggs in it, five birds were out of the shells and one just coming out.Q12. I have a little house and a mouse would not fit in it and all the men in town would(continues on next page)
