School: Tír na Móna (roll number 10441)
- Location:
- Tirnamona, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: E. Blackburn
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- (continued from previous page)town would swim.? Cork.
26. How is it that Dublin will soon be the largest city in the world? Because it is always doubling.
27. If you put a stone through the window what town does it represent? Glasgow
28 I saw a sight the other day. A damsel did begin to fray, she hit it hard and sturdy blows it bled a little at the nose. It did not seem to faint or fall. She gave it no abuse at all?
A girl pumping water.
29. Why is a railway like a blanket? Because it is laid upon sleepers.
30. How does a darkie sleep? With his eyes shut.
31. When a child falls, what town does it shout.?. Omagh.
32. Why is a clock shy.?. Because it always has its' hands over its face.
33. Why does King George wear braces.?. To hold his trousers up.
34. As round as an apple, as flat as a pan, one side a woman, and the other a mam?. A penny.
35. Flower of England, fruit of Spain met to - gether(continues on next page)
