School: Doohamlet

Location:
Doohamlat, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
P. Mac an Bháird
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  1. (continued from previous page)
    Two brothers went into a grave-yard and they knelt on two different graves and prayed for two different mothers. How could this be?
    They were two Christian Bro's.
    If it took four men to dig a hold in one day, how long would it take them to dig a half hole?
    They couldn't dig a half a hole, it would always be a hole.
    If you were standing on sea-level and you were looking out upon the sea, how far could you see out upon the sea?
    As far as possible.
    There was a square room and in every corner of the room sat a cat, and there was a cat sitting on every cat's tail, how many cats were in the room?
    Four cats.
    One day a man pointed to a photo of a man and he said to a man beside him -: Brothers + sisters I have none, but that man was my father's son.
    He was pointing to a photo of himself.
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