School: Bilboa (C.) (roll number 15693)

Location:
Bilboa, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Síle, Bean Uí Raghallaigh
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    do without it?
    A. A name.
    Q. What is no use to the car but the car cannot do without it.
    A. Noise.
    Q. Why is a horse a queer eater?
    A. Because he eats without a "bit" in his mouth.
    Q. What makes more noise than a sow at a gate?
    A. Two sows.
    Q. Which apostle wore the biggest hat.
    A. The one with the biggest head.
    Q. Black we are and much admired,
    Men seek for us till they are tired
    We tire the horse, but comfort man
    Tell me this riddle if you can,
    A. Coals
    Q. How many thorns in an acre of furze?
    A. One and all the rest
    Q. Why is a dead ass like a narrow boreen?
    A. Because he has no breath.
    Q. As soft as silk, as white as milk,
    As bitter as gall.
    As thick as a wall
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