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School: Caisleán Grás, Cloichín an Mhargaidh (roll number 11288)

Location:
Castlegrace, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Éamonn Ó hAilgheanáin
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    Q. Which travels faster - heat or cold?
    A. Heat, because you can catch cold
    Q. What goes to make a pair of shoes?
    A. Two of them.
    Q. Why does a fisherman grow rich?
    A. Because he has always nett profit.
    Q. What man in Ireland wears the biggest hat?
    A. The man with the biggest head.
    Q. Two men went but for a walk one fine day. One of them had an umbrella and the other had none. Which of them got wet first?
    A. None of them, because it did not rain.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Farrell
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Graigue, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Thomas Farrell
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Graigue, Co. Tipperary