School: Fíodhnach (B.), Ráthluirc (roll number 4469)

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Feenagh, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Seán Ó Scolaidhe
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    No. 6 What has three legs and cannot walk.?
    A Bastible.
    No. 7 If you fell off a house what is the first thing you would fall against.?
    Your will.
    No. 8 What is half the moon like.?
    The other half.
    No. 9 It is black, and white, and "read" all over.?
    A newspaper.
    No. 10 Why does a priest wear black clothes.?
    To keep himself warm.
    No. 11 I have a little house and a mouse could not fit in it, and all the men in town could not count all the windows in it.?
    A Timble
    No 12. I know a tall man standing
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
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