School: Glin (C.) (roll number 3232)
- Location:
- Glin, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Cárthaigh
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1. On what toe does a corn never come?
Mistletoe
2. What is it no one has ever seen?
Tomorrow
3. What is the difference between a tight shoe and an oak tree?
One makes corns and the other acorns.
4. Why is a plum cake like the sea?
Because they both contain currants.
5. What fruit is seen on every penny?
The date
6. The King of Morocco
Built a ship
An' in that ship
His dauther lived
An' I'll be blamed
If I tell her name
An' I told i three times
If I told it once
Answer: Ann
7. What is the smallest bridge in the world?
The bridge of my nose(continues on next page)- Collector
- Máire Ní Sheaghda
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killeany More, Co. Limerick