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School: Drumatemple (B.) (roll number 7496)

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Drumatemple, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Michael Quinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0261, Page 034

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    40. As I went in the garden gap, I met my uncle Thady. I cut off his head and left his body easy?
    Answer - A head of cabbage
    41. As I went up the doreen, I met my uncle Moreen with iron toes and wooden nose, and by by word he'd frighten the crows?
    Answer - A gun
    42. One fine day in the middle of the night, two blind men got up to fight, two cripples ran for the priest, and two dummies said "Hurry On"?
    Answer - A lie
    43. Said a child to its father how does it come that your my father and I'm not your son?
    Answer - It was his daughter
    44. Two ducks before two ducks. Two ducks behind two ducks. Two ducks in the middle between two ducks. How many ducks?
    Answer - Four
    45. What is the strongest animal in the world?
    Answer - A snail because it carries its house on its back
    46. London-Derry: Bork an Kerry spell me that without a K?
    Answer - THAT
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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