School: Baile na Martra (B.) (roll number 13647)

Location:: Castlemartyr, Co. Cork
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A. A cake in a bastible. Q. What can go up a chimney down and cannot come down the chimney up? A. An umbrella. Q. The man that made it never wore it and the man who wore it never saw it? A. A habit. Q. Why does a cow look over the ditch? A. Because she can't look under it. Q. As round as a marble, as flat as a pan, the whole of a woman and the half of a man? A. A penny.
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Q. Two twins born in March celebrated their birthday in April. One was twenty and the other twenty too, and one married the other last week?
A. Two twins born in March which is a town in England celebrated their birthday in April. One was twenty and the other was twenty too and one was a priest and he married his brother last week.
Q. What is the last thing you would do before you would go to bed?

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