School: Scoil na mBráthar, Carraig na Siúire (roll number 16725)

Location:
Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
An Br. Ó Mocháin
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    R. Black and white and red all over.
    A. A newspaper.
    R. What has an eye and cannot see?
    A. A needle.
    R. What is the the smallest bridge in the world?
    A. The bridge of your nose.
    R. What is the shiest thing in a house?
    A. A clock because it covers its face with its hands.
    R. What goes round the house and stops at the fireplace?
    A. A brush.
    R. Bessy behind the bush and bessy before the bush and if you go near bessy she will bite you
    A. A nettle.
    R. Why does a hen cross a road?
    A. Because the other side would not come over to her.
    R. Why is the main street like a river?
    A. Because there are to banks on it.
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