School: Coore (Cora), Mullach (roll number 10191)
- Location:
- Coor West, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Pádraig Midheach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0624, Page 370
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- (continued from previous page)R. What has a head, a foot, and four legs?
A. A bed.R. What press is the cheapest?
A. The "Irish Press."R. I went up the road and down the road, and carried the road on my back?
A. A ladder.R. 'Tisn't within or abroad, but its of use to the house?
A. A window.R. When was Moses when he lit his pipe.
A. Behind it.R. What is the longest word in the English Language?
A. Smiles. Because there is a mile between the two esses.R. What's that, that's brought to table, always cut, but never eaten?
A. A deck if cards.R. There is in Ireland, a town of fame. Spell it backwards and forwards and pronounce it the same?
A. Navan.R. Where was Moses when the light went out?
Ans. In the dark.(continues on next page)
