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School: Ballykelly

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Ballykelly, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Pádraig Mac Uadain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0873, Page 228

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    I have but one eye and that without sight yet it helps me what-ever I do
    I'm sharp without wits, without senses, I'm bright. The fortune of some and of some the delight and I doubt not I'm useful to you.
    What am I?
    A needle.
    Why is a favourite singer's voice like a queen's crown?
    Because it is replete with precious tones
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    Why does a cow look over he ditch?
    Because she can't look under it.
    Why does a hen cross the road?
    To get to the other side.
    What has a mouth and no face?
    The river.
    Why dose'nt the clock strike thirteen?
    Because it has'nt the face to do so.
    What goes round the house and sleeps in the corner at night?
    A brush.
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    As round as an apple as flat as a pan the whole of a woman the half of
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