School: Cloonmorris (roll number 12496)
- Location:
- Cluain Muirís, Co. Liatroma
- Teacher: Michael J. Conboy
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- (continued from previous page)beautiful vessel to put flesh in. What was it?
A ring.What is the difference between a tight shoe and an oak tree?
One makes acorns, the other makes corns ache.What is it that flies without wings?
Time.Why are bad friends like loose pages in a book?
Because they are always falling out.Why is whispering forbidden in school?
Because it is not allowed (aloud).(The beginning of eternity)
She walked on earth,
She talked on earth,
She reproved men of sin
She is neither in Heaven nor in Hell,
And never will enter in?
Balsam's ass.Who lived on earth and died on earth and saw no corruption?
Lot's wife.What is it that can come down the chimney up but can come down the chimney down?
An umbrella.On which toe does a corn never come?
Mistletoe.It is olive, white and green, the King cannot(continues on next page)
