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School: Ród (B.)

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Ród, Co. Uíbh Fhailí
Teacher:
P. Ó Maoldomhnaigh
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    Question 1. Why doesn't a clock strike thirteen?
    Answer 1. Because it has not the face to so
    Q2. What is better than presence of mind in an accident
    A2. Absence of body
    Q3. What fruit appears on every penny
    A3. A date
    Q4. What word asks the question, am I able
    A4. (Amiable) am I able
    Q5. Why are sailors bad horsemen
    A5. Because they generally ride on the mane
    Q6. What can go up a chimney down but cannot come down a chimney up
    A6. An umbrella
    Q7. 26 cats on a wall, what time is it
    A7. 25 past one
    Q8. What i the worse State in America
    A8. The state of matrimony
    Q9. Which is the most dangerous time of the year
    A9. When the trees are shooting and when the bullrushes out
    Q10. Why is it that Ireland cannot sink
    A10. Because there is a Cork in it
    Q11. Why does a wire fence resemble a prime [?]
    A11. Because they bothe have standards
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eamonn Lenehan
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    John Lenehan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ród, Co. Uíbh Fhailí