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School: Coosan (roll number 9435)

Location:
Coosan, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
T. Ní Ghiollanríogh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0748, Page 003

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    What has a head and can't get a hat to fit it?
    Bray Head
    If a man got sixpence for walking thirty miles what would he get for walking 100 miles?
    Sore feet
    What is it the older it gets the smaller it grows?
    A candle
    Two lovely maidens dressed in white got the fever and died last night
    Two candles (ah) which were burning wore out
    Why did the loaf turn over?
    Because he saw the jam roll
    Why did the ma match box?
    Because he saw the wire fence
    As red as blood as sweet as honey
    An apple
    What stands on one leg and has its hear in its head?
    A head of cabbage
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