School: Ballinamore (B.) (roll number 2820)
- Location:
- Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seán Heslin
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- Q. What is the smallest bridge in the world?
A. The bridge of your nose.
Q. What is the smallest room it the world?
A. A mushroom.
Q. What would you do if you split your sides with laughter?
A. Run until you get a stitch in them.
Q. Why is a field of grass like a person older than yourself?
A. Because it is past your age (Pasturage)
Q. What is the only pain of which everyone makes light?
A. A window pane.
Q. Why is a dirty child like flannel?
A. Because it shrinks from washing.- Collector
- Willie Farrell
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Stradermot, Co. Leitrim
- Which of the feathered tribe would bear the heaviest weight?
The crane.(continues on next page)