School: Cúil Mhaoile (Scoil N. Feichín)
- Location:
- Collooney, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Eachmharcaigh
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- (continued from previous page)A A twig.
Q As I was going to London, I met a London scholar. I cut off his head and his foot, what was his name?
A Chola.
Q Why is Dublin the richest city in the world.
A Because the capital is always Dublin.
Q One bright day in the middle of the night, two dead men got out to fight, two cripples ran for the priest and two dummies shouted "hurry one".
A A lie.
- Q. Chip! Chip! Cherry! all the men in Derry would not climb Chip! Chip! Cherry!
A. Smoke.
Q. White body, red nose, the longer it lives the shorter it grows.
A. A candle(continues on next page)
