School: Doire an Céise (C )
- Location:
- Dernakesh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Uaid
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- (continued from previous page)fair of the knives?
One.
- 68. Which is the strongest day in the week?
Sunday, because all the rest are week-day.
69. Why is a pawnbroker like a drunkard?
Because he takes the pledge but cannot keep it.
70. What is in the bolster and not in the bed,
Whet is in the brain and not in the head,
What is in the marrow and not in the bone,
What is in the rock and not in the stone?
The letter r71. What is that which touches one, but unites two?
A wedding ring. 72. A goose before a goose,
A goose after a goose
A goose between two geese.
A goose before two geese,(continues on next page) - Collector
- Philomena Shalvey
- Gender
- Female
