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School: Dernakesh (B)

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Dernakesh, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
T. Ó Comhraidhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1017, Page 310

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    Q. Why does a hen cross the road?
    A. To get to the other side.
    Q. Judy and Jack dressed in black with a row of button down their back?
    A. A pair of boots.
    Q. As round as an apple, as flat as a pan, one side a woman and the other a man?
    A. A penny.
    Q. As I went by yon chapel wall, I met a man who let a bawl, his head was flesh, his mouth was horn, such a man was never born?
    A. A cock crow.
    Q. It's red and it's green and it's yellow between, the King cannot touch it and neither can the Queen.
    A. The rainbow.
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