School: De Freyne (roll number 16457)
- Location:
- Portaghard, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Tomás Mac Gionnáin
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- (continued from previous page)What is it that holds water although full of holes? A sponge.
Why is smiles the longest word in English? Because there is a mile between first + last letters.
Who may marry many a wife and yet live single all his life? A clergyman.
In what month do women talk least? February, the shortest.
What author was never slow? Swift.
What is that which is brought to the table, cut and never eaten? Book of Cards.
What can you fill a barrell with the make it lighter? Holes.
Which is the best way to make a coat last? The vest and Trousers first.
Patch upon patch without any stitches, riddle me that and I'll but you a breeches? Head of cabbage.
