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School: Ballycumber (B.), St Ciaran's

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Ballycumber, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
G. Ó Súilleabháin
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    1. Make a sentence with every letter in the alphabet in it?
    A: John quickly extemporized five worn bags.
    2. Why is a sailor like a musician?
    A; Because he fingers the keys.
    3. It if took an elephant half a week to walk a year, how many apples in a barrel of grpes, "train" is the answer where does it come in?
    A: in the station
    4. What would make more noise at a gate than a pig?
    A. Two pigs
    5. What is the difference between schoolmsater and a guard of a train?
    A: One minds the train, the other trains the mind.
    6. A head like a thimble a tail like a rat you may guess for ever but you will never guess that.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Colgan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Moorock, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Mr J. Kenny
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Grogan and Corroe, Co. Offaly