School: Glin (B.)
- Location:
- Glin, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- (continued from previous page)A road.
What turns without moving.
Milk when it sourers.
When is a fish like a bird.
When "it takes a fly".
In a railway accident what is better than presence of mind.
Absence of body.
Why is the heart of a tree like a dog's tail.
Because it is the farthest from the bark.
why is a fishmonger never generous.
Because his business makes him selfish (sell fish).
why is nine like a peacock.
Because it is nothing without a tail.
What ship carries more passengers than the Queen Mary.
Courtship.
What belongs to yourself and is used more by your friends that by yourself(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Connor Barrett
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Shannon Lawn, Co. Limerick
