School: Abbey (B.), Celbridge (roll number 5350)
- Location:
- Celbridge, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: P. J. McManus
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0773, Page 398
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What is the best way to save your soul(sole).
Ans. To walk on your heel
One fine day in the middle of the night two dead men got up to fight, two blind men were looking on, two cripples running for the police,a nd two dummies shouting "hurry on". Round the corner came an ambulance with no wheels, ran over a dead cat and nearly killed it. What is that.
Ans. A lie.
Twenty sick (six) sheep went out through a gap, one of them died how many were left.
And. Nineteen.
Clink, clank under the bank ten drawing four.
Ans. A person milking a cow.
As I looked out through my(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Pádraig Mac Áirt
- Gender
- Male
