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School: Tulach an Iarainn (B.)

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Tallow, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Proinnsias Ó Laoghaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0639, Page 120

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    62. Two dead men fighting, two blind men looking on, two cripples going for the priest, two dummies saying 'hurry on'. What is it?
    A lie.
    63. What goes up a ladder with its head down?
    A stud in a mans boot.
    64. Why are old stockings like dead men?
    (a) They go into holes (b) they are mended (men dead) (c) their soles (souls) are departed.
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