School: Poulfur

Location:
An Ghráinseach, Co. Loch Garman
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Niadh
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    drank his blood and left his body easy?
    A bottle of beer.
    Londonderry, Cork and Kerry spell me that without a R? T, h, a, t,
    Little white Nancy with a little red nose the longer she lives the shorter she grows?
    A candle
    Why is a sweet like a race hore? Because the more you like it the faster it goes.
    Twenty six (sick) sheep went out in a gap one died how many came back? Nineteen
    Three men went out for a walk one day, one had an umbrella, who got wet first?
    None because it did not rain.
    Have Mr. Hogan pig's feet? No, because I never saw his boots off.
    Did you ever see a half pigs head with two eyes? Yes
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