School: Caherelly, Grange, Kilmallock (roll number 2184)
- Location:
- Caherelly, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: John Raleigh
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52 What ship do we all try to avoid?
Hardship.
53 Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall Humpty Dumpty got a great fall. All the king's horses and all the king's men couldn't get Humpty Dumpty together again.
A broken egg.
54 Riddle riddle riddle ree such a riddle couldn't be, through a rock through a ree through an old shining wheel and into a ball of pepper?
A moth.
55 'Tis as round as a marble 'tis as flat as a pan the head of a woman the whole of a man?
A penny.
56 Why does a hen cross the road?
To get to the other side.
57 Why does a woman look older sooner than a man?
Because she's always washing.
58 What is the sweetest letter in the alphabet?
The letter T.
59 What town in Ireland can you spell backwards(continues on next page)
