School: Gallach (roll number 16464)
- Location:
- Gallagh, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhaoiléidigh
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- (continued from previous page)Ans= It makes ill will.
21. Why are duels very brief affairs
Ans= Because it only requires two seconds to arrange them.
22. When is a schoolmaster like a man with one eye.
Ans= When he has a vacancy for a pupil.
23. Why is a large Kingdom like a brown study
Ans= Because it is a nation (rumination)
24. Why are balloons like vagrants
Ans= They have no visible means of support.
25. What goes most against a farmer's grain.
Ans= A reaping machine.- Collector
- Michael Connolly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Castleblakeney, Co. Galway