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School: Fermoyle (B.), Lanesboro (roll number 13320)

Location:
Formoyle (Newcomen), Co. Longford
Teacher:
Ss. Mac Eoghain
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    Q. What beats a good wife/
    A. A bad husband.
    Q. Why doesn't it matter if a beggar wears a very short coat?
    A. Because it will be long enough before he gets another.
    Q. What does an artist like to draw best?
    A. His salary of course
    Q. Can February March.
    A. No. But April May.
    Q. Why is a miser like a man with a bad memory?
    A. He is always forgetting
    Q. A little barrel and two kinds of food in it.
    A. An egg.
    Q. If there were two geese before a goose, two geese behind a goose and a goose before two geese how many geese is that.
    A. Three geese
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Luke Killian
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Formoyle (Newcomen), Co. Longford