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School: Kilcomreagh (roll number 9429)

Location:
Kilcumreragh, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
B. Hickey
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0733, Page 126

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    4.Why is it that the soldiers think April the longest month?
    Ans: Because there is a March of thirty - one days before it.
    5.Why is Sunday the strongest day of the Week?
    Ans; Because all the others are week (weak) days.
    6.Alive in the front, dead in the middle and baptised behind?
    Ans: A man ploughing.
    7.Look at your hand and you will see what never was nor never will be.
    Ans: your little finger will never be as big as any of the other fingers.
    8.What is full and still will hold more?
    Ans: A pot
    9.Why is weak tea like a
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Hickey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rosemount, Co. Westmeath