School: Aodh Rua, Dún na nGall (roll number 13382)
- Location:
- Donegal, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Séamus Mag Shamhráin
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- (continued from previous page)Q. What is that which ladies look for but never wish to find?
A. A hole in their stockings
Q. What is a trout like lying on a gravel path?
A. Like a fish out of water.
Q. What is that, which makes everybody sick but those who swallow it?
A. Flattery
Q. What Christian name is spelt[sic] the same way backwards (as) and forwards?
A. Hannah.
Q. When is an ox not an ox?
A. When it is turned into a meadow.
Q. Why is a doctor like a woodcock?
A. Because he has a long bill
Q. What is that which is often brought to table, often cut but never eaten
A. A pack of cards- Collector
- Patrick Mac Mullin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Donegal, Co. Donegal