School: Tuaim Gréine, Lúbán Díge
- Location:
- Tomgraney, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Cadhla
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- (continued from previous page)Where was Moses when the light went out?
In the dark.
Four little bottles on the side of a hill turned upside down and can't spill?
A cow's four teats.
There is town in Ireland remarkable for its name if you spell it backwards and fordwards you will find the same?
Navan.
What is the difference between a school master, and a station master?
The school master trains the mind, and the station master minds the train.
What is the greater part of stencil?
Sten.
Take an from fancy?
Fey.
As round as an apple, as deep as a cup, and all the king's horses could not draw him up?
A well.
Three little women dressed in white, they all got the flu and died last night?
Three candles burned out.
Old mother "Turst" has but one eye and a very long tail which she often lets fly?(continues on next page)
