School: Fermoyle (B.), Lanesboro (roll number 13320)
- Location:
- Formoyle (Newcomen), Co. Longford
- Teacher: Ss. Mac Eoghain
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A. A needle with a thread in it.
Q. Throughout the wood and throughout the wood and their heads down
A. Nails in a man's boot.
Q. What has an eye but cannot see?
A. A potato. - Q. How is the letter "e" like death?
A. Because it is the end of life
Q. How is a guard like a pane of glass?
A. Because he can be broken.
Q. Under the water and over the water and never touches the water.
A. An egg in a duck.
Q. Daddy's legs are very bandy as crooked as they can be and knotted in the middle.
A. A pothooks- Collector
- Tim Kenny
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Formoyle (Newcomen), Co. Longford