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School: Askeaton (B.) (roll number 2039)

Location:
Askeaton, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
D. Mac Eoin
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    Q. What is it in the name of a bird and if you had not it you would die?
    A. Swallow.
    Q. Three men were driving in a car and in a car there was a cage and in the cage there was a lion, the lion broke out and ate the three men what was the number of the car?
    A. L.M. 183
    Q. What is the difference between an engine-diver and a school master?
    A. An engine driver minds the train but a school master trains the mind
    Q. A house full a room full and you could not get a spoon full?
    A. Smoke.
    Q. What is the difference between a white hen and a black hen?
    A. A black hen can lay a white egg and a white hen cant lay a black egg.
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