School: Ballinamore (B.) (roll number 2820)
- Location:
- Béal an Átha Móir, Co. Liatroma
- Teacher: Seán Heslin
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- Q. What has every one and so has a needle?
A. An eye.
Q. As white as milk as black as ink and it hops on the road like a hail stone?
A. A magpie.
Q. How many sides on a apple?
A. Two, the outside and the inside.
Q. I have a little house and it would not hold a mouse and there are as many windows in it as in the old king's house?
A. A thimble.
Q. Why is a clock so thoughtful looking?
A. Because it has its hands on its face.- Collector
- Berney Mc Partlan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Achadh Liag, Co. Liatroma
- Q. What can you crack without touching it?
A. A joke.
Q. What odd number becomes even beheaded?
A. Seven
Q. What is the last thing you do before you go into bed?
A. Lift your foot off the floor.