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School: Leath-fhearann, Malla (roll number 3548)

Location:
Laharan, Co. Cork
Teacher:
R. Barrow
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    1. What is the difference between a school-master and a station-master?
    Ans. One trains the mind and the other minds the train.
    2. Why is coffee like a racehorse?
    Ans. Because the more you lick it, the faster it goes.
    3. What is the best butter in the world?
    Ans. An angry goat.
    4. What is in a car that is no good to it, and, yet, it cannot go without it?
    Ans. Noise.
    5. Why is a clock the shyest thing in the house?
    Ans. Because it always holds its hands to its face.
    6. What turns without moving?
    Ans. Milk.
    7. Why does a dog turn around twice before lying down?
    Ans. Because, he says to himself, that one good turn deserves another.
    8. Six and seven, twice eleven, three and two, how much is that?
    Ans. Five.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs O' Hanlon
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    75
    Address
    Laharan, Co. Cork