School: Inch Island
- Location:
- Carrickanee, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Pádraig S. Mac Fhinn
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- Q In the garden was laid a pretty fair maid as bright as the morning early. The first day of her life she became a wife and died before she was born. What is that?
A = Eve.
Q It has eyes and cannot see. It has ears and can't hear. It has legs and can't walk, and yet it can jump as high as the Cairn. What is that?
A = A dead dog.(continues on next page)