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School: Scoil na mBráthar, Calainn

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Callan, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Br. P. Ó Gairbheith
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    Ques = 20 What has a mouth and never eats anything?
    ANS = A river.
    Ques = 21 What band never plays music?
    ANS = The band on your hat.
    Ques = 22 Why is fruit cake like the ocean?
    ANS = Because it is full of currants (currents)
    Ques = 23 Why are swiss clocks like deaf people?
    ANS = Because we cannot make them hear (here)
    Ques = 24 What is the difference between a glass of water, and a glass of whiskey?
    ANS = 1s/8d
    Ques = 25 What has teeth and cannot bite?
    ANS = Comb.
    Ques = 26 What goes from Kells to Callan without moving?
    ANS = The road.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Fitzgearld
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