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School: Liathdruim

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Leitrim Beg, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Máirtín Ó Mainnín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0054, Page 0040

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    When are soldiers like good flannels?
    When they dont shrink.
    Why is a calendar like a palm tree? You get dates from it.
    Spell black water in three letters?
    Ink.
    Four little bottles in top of a hill turned down and didn't spill. A cow's teats.
    Why does a hen cross the road?
    Because she can't go around.
    What is it that has a head and cannot think, one leg and cannot walk? A pin.
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