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School: Ballinamore (B.) (roll number 2820)

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Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seán Heslin
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    152 Q. Why does a young lady prefer her mother's fortune to her father's?
    A. Because though she likes patrimony she likes matrimony better.
    153 Q. What is the difference between a land surveyor and a scarf?
    A. One is agent for property, the other a proper tie for a gent.
    154 Q. Why cannot a thief easily steal a watch?
    A. Because he must take it off its guard.
    155 Q. Why is it dangerous to take a nap in a railway carriage?
    A. Because the train always runs over sleepers.
    156 Q. Why is a locomotive steam-engine like a drunkard?
    A. Because it often wets its whistle and is always taking draughts.
    157 Q. When are brokers in a panic like Pharaoh's daughters?
    A. When they save a little prophets from the rushes on the banks.
    158 Q. Why will scooping out a turnip be a noisy process?
    A. Because it makes it hollow (holloa)
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tommy Dolphin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim