School: Tobar na Brón, Piltown (roll number 1468)
- Location:
- Tobernabrone, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Bríd Paor
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The men that made it didnt want it and the man that bought it did not wear it and the man that wore it did not see it.
A Coffin.
What is in a cat and it isnt wanted yet it wont go without it.
Noise.
What tree bears the most fruit?The axle tree of a car with a load of fruit on it.
Two dead men fighting, two blind men looking on, two cripples running for the police, and two dumbies shouting "hurry on."
A lie.
What is it your always getting and you never sees it.
Getting old.
What is it you have and you never see.
Fresh air.(continues on next page)
