School: Faythe Convent, Loch gCarman (roll number 11361)
- Teacher: Sr. M. de Sales
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- Why was the daughter of Herodias the fastest girl mentioned in scripture?
She got the head of John the Baptist on a charger.
At what time was Adam married?
Upon his wedding eve.
How did the whale that swallowed Jonah obey the divine law?
Jonah was a stranger and he took him in.
A hen lays an egg and a half in a day and a half what does it lay in a week?
Eggs.
What is most like a horses shoe?
A mares.
How would you know the left side of a plum?
It is the side which is not eaten.
What is it we all often we will do, and yet nobody has ever done?(continues on next page)- Collector
- Peggy Nolan
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- Female
- Address
- Wexford, Co. Wexford
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- Mrs Nolan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Wexford, Co. Wexford