School: Cill Mhuire, Sráid na Cathrach (roll number 13942)
- Location:
- Mullagh, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Conaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0624, Page 553
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- (continued from previous page)many wives and drinking no wine but water which he often does with the greatest ceremony in looking up to Heaven.He believes not in the Resurrection of the Dead and yet he denies no Article of Our Faith.Whence he comes he does not declare but by his name he declares to be akin to the French Prophet.
Answer The Cock.
- 1. Why is a dog like a tree?
Both lose their bark when dead.
2. Why is a bar of toffee like a race horse?
Because the more you lick the quicker it
goes
3. What is the more you take the more you leave behind?
your footsteps
4. Why does the sea get angry?
Because it is crossed too often(continues on next page)
