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School: Corlatt

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Corlat, Co. Monaghan
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P. Ó Dubhthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0939, Page 257

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    Q. What is that which never was, and never will be - out with your hand and that you'll soon see?
    A. None of your fingers are the same length
    Q. What's full in the day-time and empty at night?
    A. Your shoes.
    Q. What flies high, flies low, wears shoes and has none?
    A. A Football.
    Q. What goes into the water red and leaves it black?
    A. A Coal.
    Q. How many "peas" in a pint?
    A. One "P"
    Q. What is full and can still hold more?
    A. A Pot of potatoes. It can hold water.
    Q. What walks with it's head down?
    A. A nail in a man's shoe
    Q. What has an eye and can't see?
    A. A needle
    Q. What has three legs and can't
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