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School: Gleann Bruacháin (C.), Cnoc Luinge (roll number 12614)

Location:
Glenbrohane, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Bríd, Bean Uí Sheighin
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    1. Diff. bet: a Bill & a pill.
    One goes up the other goes down.
    2. Why does De Valea use a green white and gold suspenders?
    To keep his pants up
    3. It occurs twice in a moment once a month and never in a year
    Letter "M"
    4. What has a dog that not other animals has.
    Pups.
    5. You tell this little man when two go out, two more go in?
    Knitting Needles
    6. What smells most in a Chemist's shop?
    Your nose.
    7. How many yards of buttermilk would make a breeches for a bull?
    No amount of them.
    8. Last thing you take off before going to bed?
    Your feet off the floor.
    9. What most frequently becomes men?
    Boys.
    10. Man that made it, never wore it &
    Man that wore it never saw it?
    Coffin.
    11. Why can a man with one eye see more than a man with two?
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