School: Kilcormac (Mercy Convent)
- Location:
- Kilcormac, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Sr M. Finghín
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- What i sit that shows others and cannot see itself?
A mirror
What tune makes everyone glad?
Fortune
What kind of fish does a man out of work want?
A place (plaice)
Why is a fly taller than most men?
Because it stands over six feet without shoes or stockings.
Why is sympathy like blind - man's buff?
Because it is a feeling for another
Why is chimney - sweeping a very suitable business?
Because it soots everyone who buys it.
What is higher and nicer with the head off?
A pillow
Why is it impossible to sweep out a room?
Because you sweep out the dirt and leave the room.- Collector
- Bernadette Dunne
- Gender
- Female
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- Mountbolus, Co. Offaly