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School: Scoil na mBráthar, Caiseal (roll number 16726)

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Cashel, Co. Tipperary
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An Br. B. E. Ó hOireabháird
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    A blind beggar had a brother. The brother went to sea and got drowned. The drowned man had no brother and what relation was the blind beggar to the drowned man.
    Answer - The blind beggar was a woman.
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    Faraway cows have long horns. A stitch in time saves nine. Wilful waste is woeful want.
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