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School: Ballybay (Hall St.) (roll number 12378)

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Ballybay, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
C. Ó Maonaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0938, Page 300

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    Q If you get up on an elephant's back what would you get down off?
    A From a goose's back.
    Q There was a man who had no eyes went out one day to view the skies, he saw a tree with apples on, he took no apples off nor left no apples on. How many apples were on the tree?
    A Two.
    Q What goes round the house and round the house during the day, and waits for your bones in the morning?
    A Your shoes.
    Q What is it a train has and it's no use to it and it cannot go without it?
    A Noise.
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