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School: Baltrasna (roll number 4086)

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Baltrasna, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Shuibhne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0716, Page 282

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    1/ As I was going to Dublin I saw a farmers fiddle alive in the two ends and dead in the middle?
    Ans. A river.
    2/ What runs without whells?
    Ans. A river.
    3/ Why is a clock the shyest thing in the world?
    Ans. Because it always keeps its hands to its face.
    4/ What has a eye and can not see?
    Ans. A needle.
    5/ What is the difference between a carpet and a bottle of medicine?
    Ans. A carpet is taken up and shaken and the medicine is shaken up and taken.
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