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School: Earl Darnley (roll number 13573)

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Athboy, Co. Meath
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Siubhán Ní Loichéid
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0696, Page 165

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    (1) When is love a deformity?
    Answer. When it is all on one side.
    2) In which month do ladies talk least?
    Answer. February - the shortest month of the year.
    3) What kind of a face should an auctioneer have?
    Answer. A for-bidding one.
    4) Why may we assume that a student is very hungry?
    Answer. Because he devours books.
    5) Give the name of the people who first discovered the art of boxing?
    Answer. The Hittites.
    6) What will give a cold, cure a cold and pay the doctor when cured?
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