School: Droim Caorthainn
- Location:
- Drumkeeran, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Proinnsias Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0204, Page 071
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- Black and white and read all over.
A newspaper.
As round as an apple as deep as a cup, all the men in Derry couldn't lift it up.
A well.
How does a window resemble a dying man?
They are both full of people.
Little noody-noddy two heads and one body.
A barrel.
What stands on one leg with its heart in its head?
A head of cabbage.
When do two rights make a wrong?
In shoes.
What is the difference between a sailor in prison and a blind man?
One cannot go to sea and the other cannot see to go.
Who killed one third of all the people in the world?(continues on next page)
