School: St Canice's, Aghaboe (roll number 16939)
- Location:
- Aghaboe, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Aine Ní Dhubhlaoigh
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- (continued from previous page)but not least when small birds flock in great numbers into yards and almost beg for food, hard weather is certainly coming.
- Q; A hard working father, a lazy mother, twelve little children all the same colour?.
A: A clock.
Q: Long legs, short thighs, little head and not eyes.?
A: A tongs.
Q: What four letters would frighten a thief?
A: O. I. C. U.
Q: If all the counties in Ireland were drowned which of them would float?
A: Cork.
Q: What county in Ireland is like a candle just burnt out?
A: Wicklow.
Q: As round as an apple as flat as a pan a half woman and whole man?
A: A penny.
Q: Why is the letter v in civil like a man's nose?
A: Because it is between two "i's".
