School: Ferrybank, Waterford (roll number 14999)

Location:
Ferrybank, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
R. Ó Luinn
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    A black man teaching a white man...

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    When was Adam born?

    When was Adam born?
    Just a little before Eve.
    What goes round the wood and round the wood and never gets into the wood? The bark on a tree.
    What always walks with its head down? A nail in your boot.
    Why don't they hang a man with a timber leg in Ireland? Because it is easier to hang him with a rope.
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