School: Broadford, Ráthluirc
- Location:
- Broadford, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Guagáin
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The king can't get at it nor either the queen?
The rainbow. What is like half the moon?
The other half. There was a man in Kerry lived.
The truth I'll tell to thee
He had a mile of children
Please tell how that can be?
(The man's name was Furlong and he had eight children and 8 furlongs = 1 mile)What has a tongue but cannot talk?
A boot.Timber toes, an iron nose, upon my word he'd frighten the crows?
A gunTwo black men and a white man went out to drive in a car. The two black men ate the white man, and what was the number of the car? (281)(continues on next page)
