School: Baile an Londraigh (B.) (roll number 14305)
- Location:
- Ballylanders, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Seán Ó Buachalla
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Stretch out your hand and you will see what is not, what was not, nor what never will be. Ans. = Equal length of your fingers.Who is the holiest man in the world?
A Shoemaker.If you throw a man out a window what does he fall against?
Against his will.Which is the oldest tree in the wood?
The Elder.What is it t hat is put on the table, cut and never eaten?
A pack of cards.How many feet have forty sheep, a shepherd and his dog,
Two.It went to America and stopped there. It was sent home again because it did not go there.
A Watch.(continues on next page)