School: Áthán (B.), Lios na Groighe (roll number 14173)
- Location:
- Áthán, Co. Luimnigh
- Teacher: Seán Ó Héalaithe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0523, Page 494
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- (continued from previous page)Ans; an umbrella
no 23; one fine day in the middle of the night two dead stood up to fight. two blind men looking on, two cripples running for the gravel and two dummies shouting hurry on?
Ans; a lie.
no 24; what has a tongue and cant speak?
ans; a shoe
no 25; what kind of birds has wings and cant fly
ans; a dead bird
no 26; if there was an apple on a tree and a bird picked on it how could ¥ou remove it with-out distubing the bird.
ans; wait until the bird flies away
no 27; why does De Valera wear green braces
ans; to keep up his trousers
no 28; how would you make a trousers last
ans; by making a coat and waist coat first
no 29; what weight is the moon
ans; a curt because there are 4 qro in the moon and 4 qro in a curt
no 30; what walks with its head down(continues on next page)
