School: Cill na Móna (C.) (roll number 13626)

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Kilnamona, Co. Clare
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Síle Céitinn
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    Once upon a time there lived a man who one day went to confession and told the Priest in confession that he ate sausages on a Friday.

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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
        2. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
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  2. Tomhaiseanna
    1 What is the dirtiest thing in the house?
    Ans-the clock because it never washes its face.
    2 As I went up the stairs i looked through my gay golden ring I saw the dead carrying the living and wasnt that a wonderful thing.?
    Ans-a train.
    3 A useful,useless, instrument once it is bought it is never lent ,for whom it was bought cannot know whether it fits him ill or well?
    Ans-A coffin
    4 How many feet have forty sheep a shephard and his dog?
    Ans-two feet.
    5 What is it that never was or never will be?
    Ans-your small finger will never be as big as the others.
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