School: Stracarne (roll number 16343)
- Location:
- Sragarn, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: P. Mac Aonghusa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0219, Page 430
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Q. What's smaller than a midges mouth@
A. What goes into it
Q. What's the first ting you do when you go to bed?
A. Toss the clothes
Q. Two dead men fighting, two blind men looking on
Two cripples running for the police and two dummies
shouting "Hurry on"
A. A lie
Q. What is it you never want and when you have it you don't want to lose?
A. Love
Q. As round as an apple, as flat as a pan, one side a woman and the other a man?
A. A penny
Q. As round as an apple , as deep as a cup
All the men in London wouldn't lift it up?
A. A well(continues on next page)
