School: Cill Mhuire (roll number 8139)
- Location:
- Kilmurry, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Ruairc
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0244, Page 302
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- Q. It is the beginning of eternity. It is the end of time and space. It is the beginning of end and the end of of every place.
A. The letter E.
Q. Why is a shoemaker like a dying man?
A. Because each of them prepare their (sole, (soul, for the last
Q. As I fell out the window what did I fall against.
A. My will.
Q. A small messenger from house to house and sleeps out at night.
A. A road.
A small little thing smaller than a mouse and it has more windows in it than King George's house.
A. A thimble.
A useless useful article bought in the shop the man that buys it doesnt own it and the man that ownes it knows nothing about it
A. A coffin.
Q. What gets bigger the more you take from it
A. A hole
it is once in a minute twice in a moment and never in a thousand years.
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