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School: Dún Bhéacháin (Dunbeacon) (roll number 15552)

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Dunbeacon, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Foghlú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0289, Page 108

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    Q. What runs fast but has no legs?
    A. A Top.
    Q. What word of five letters become "smaller" if you add two more letters?
    A. The word "small"
    Q What cape does a prisoner like to get?
    A. S. cape = Escape
    Q A lame beggar had a brother. The brother died and the man that died never had a brother.
    A. The lame beggar was a woman
    Q. Jack's wife was Paddy's mother. What relation was Jack to Paddy's brother?
    A. His father
    Q. Jack's father was Paddy's brother. What relation was Jack to Paddy's mother?
    A. She was his Grandmother
    Q. Two black men and a white man went out motoring. The two black men ate the white man. What was the number of their car?
    A 281. (Two ate one)
    Q. Over gravel I do travel with an oak stick in my hand. I rowed a mare that never foaled and kept the bridle in my hand
    A. A man rowing a boat.
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