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School: Robertson (roll number 12276)

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Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
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Liam Ó Morchadh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1084, Page 137

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    1 What has a mouth but never smiles?
    "A River
    2 "Why is a pretty girl like a mirror?"
    "She's a good-looking-lass."
    3 Patch upon patch without any stitches?"
    A Cabbage.
    4 Headed like a thimble, Tailed like a rat. You may guess for ever. But you couldn't guess that.
    A Pipe
    5 "Why is a fox in a hen roost like a house on fire
    "Because the sooner it's put out the better.
    6 Londonderry Cork and Kerry spell it without a K
    It
    7 "What can go up a spout down. But cannot come down a spout up. A Umbrella.
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